computerized axial tomography

noun

1. the process of producing a CAT scan.

computerized axial tomography

/ kəm-pyo̅o̅′tə-rīzd′ /

1. Tomography in which computer analysis of a series of cross-sectional x-ray images made along a single axis of a bodily structure or tissue is used to construct a three-dimensional image of that structure. The technique is used in diagnostic studies of internal bodily structures, as in the detection of tumors or brain aneurysms.

Word History and Origins

Origin of computerized axial tomography¹

First recorded in 1970–75