{"id":8387,"date":"2020-02-25T06:41:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T06:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=8387"},"modified":"2023-09-03T06:14:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T06:14:00","slug":"tomography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/tomography\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imaging by sections or sectioning.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Radiological imaging of serial planes (\u201ccuts\u201d) through an anatomical structure.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A noninvasive technique designed to show detailed images of internal structures in a selected plane of the body.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The scanning of a particular part of the body using X-rays or ultrasound.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Procedure of making a radiographic image of a selected physical plane for diagnostic purposes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An x-ray technique that attempts to image the body in three dimensions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The technique of using X-rays or ultrasound waves to produce an image of structures at a particular depth within the body, bringing them into sharp focus while deliberately blurring structures at other depths. The visual record of this technique is called a tomogram.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A technique using CT scan, x-rays or ultrasound to build up a focused image of a \u2018slice\u2019 through the body at a given level. 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