noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Imaging by (virtual) sections or sectioning. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

imagingimaging

Example

More examples

"MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, whereas CT stands for Computed Tomography."

Etymology

From tomo- + -graphy.

Related phrases

computed axial tomographycomputed tomographyelectrical impedance tomographymagnetic resonance tomographyoptical coherence tomographypositron emission tomographypositron-emission tomographyprocess tomographyquantum process tomographyquantum state tomographyquantum tomographymedical imaging

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