“The invention of this imaging modality revolutionized the field of medicine since the discovery of x-rays in 1895.”
“This device gave us a glimpse never before possible in standard radiographic techniques.”
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
tomos
slice or section
graphia
recording
“A medical imaging modality that uses x-rays and digital computer technology to create cross-section slices/images and three-dimensional representations of the body.”
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY OR CT SCAN
CAT
Computerized Axial Tomography
CTAT
Computerized Transaxial Tomography
CRT
Computerized Reconstruction Tomography
DAT
Digital Axial Tomography