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UK
/təmˈɒɡɹəfi/
]
[ US /toʊˈmoʊɡɹæˌfi/ ]
[ US /toʊˈmoʊɡɹæˌfi/ ]
NOUN
- (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
How To Use tomography In A Sentence
- A high resolution computed tomography of the chest showed multiple nodular infiltrations at the posterior segment of the right upper lobe with a thick-walled cavitary lesion.
- Computed tomography showed a large anterior abdominal wall hernia containing distended bowel loops.
- This is the mathematical basis of computed tomography and positron emission tomography.
- The results of a computed tomography of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis performed after surgery as well as the results of a bone marrow biopsy were negative.
- A computed tomography of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis did not show any tumor masses or lymphadenopathy.
- One imaging technique, positron emission tomography (PET) with the imaging agent fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), may provide doctors with the information they need to make more informed treatment decisions, according to research published in the April issue of THE MEDICAL NEWS
- Objective To assess the limitation of computed tomography ( CT ) in the diagnosis of cervical disc herniation.
- Computed tomography of her brain was consistent with a dural sinus thrombosis, including a small frontal lobe haemorrhage.
- If necessary, intravenous pyelography, computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging can add more information.
- The intrathoracic trachea is readily seen on computed tomography appearing as an air-filled tubular structure.