tomography

1. (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body (synset 100902781)
   referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
   is a type of: pictorial representation, picturing - visual representation as by photography or painting
   subtypes:

   • x-radiation, x-raying - obtaining images by the use of X rays
   • echography, sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound - using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs
   • pet, positron emission tomography - using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)
   • magnetic resonance imaging, mri - the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
   • radiology, radioscopy - (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation
   same as: imaging

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