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Muscular tone
The state of slight contraction usually present in muscles that contributes to posture and coordination; the ability of a muscle to resist a force for a considerable period without change in length.
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Tonaphasia
Inability to remember a tune owing to cerebral lesion. Inability to sing resulting from a brain disorder.
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Xenon-enhanced computed tomography
Computed tomographic (CT) scanning that uses the inert gas xenon to improve the visual distinction between healthy and abnormal tissues, especially to visualize blood flow to different regions of the brain in stroke.
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Ultrafast computed tomography
Computed tomographic (CT) scanning that produces images by rotating the x-ray (electron) beam at targets placed around a patient, instead of moving a patient on a gantry through the scanner. The technique minimizes patient movement artifacts and decreases scanning times to about 50 to 100 msec. It is capable of providing good resolution of vascular…
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Optical coherence tomography
A radiographical method used to obtain high-resolution cross-sectional images of tissues and their defects, e.g., of the structures of the eye.
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Helical computed tomography
Computed tomographic (CT) images that are obtained as the CT table moves continuously during a single, held breath. Detailed evaluation of dynamic internal features is feasible with this technique.
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Electrical impedance tomography
Cross-sectional body imaging that reconstructs pictures of internal organs based on measurements of their electrical activity as detected by electrodes placed on the surface of the body.
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Tomodensitometry
A rarely used synonym for CT scanning.
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Tomatine
A substance derived from tomato plants affected by wilt. It has antifungal action.
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Tolerogen
Any substance that causes immunological tolerance; any substance that blocks or prevents an immune response to an antigen.
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