x-radiation
Noun
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Electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target (synset 111547628)
is a type of:
- ionizing radiation - high-energy radiation capable of producing ionization in substances through which it passes
- electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation - radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge
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Obtaining images by the use of X rays (synset 100903014)
is a type of: imaging, tomography - (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the bodysubtypes: cat, computed axial tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized tomography, ct - a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axissame as: x-raying
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