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CAD

CAD

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Software that helps doctors find possible problems in medical images
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : detección asistida por computadora
  • The CAD software automatically flagged potential issues in the medical images for further review.
  • coronary artery disease (CAD)
  • CAD patients
  • CAD risk

Examples

  • The company uses the CAD of the patient's actual spine to confirm that stabilizing devices will fit.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Age and sex are two non-modifiable risk factors of CAD, which may affect serum apolipoprotein levels.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Immunological damage to the endothelium is thought to be important in initiating accelerated CAD after cardiac transplantation.

    Academic text (1992)

  • In patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), what is the relative efficacy of revascularization and medical treatment?

    Academic text (2014)

  • The CAD system helped the doctors identify tumors in the patient's X-ray images.

  • Using CAD technology, the radiologist was able to quickly pinpoint areas of concern in the scans.

Surface Forms

CAD singular
CADs plural

Etymology

CAD in medicine is short for computer-aided detection or computer-aided diagnosis, where detection means 'finding' and diagnosis means 'deciding what the problem is'. So medical CAD is a computer tool that helps doctors find possible problems on images like X-rays and scans.