CT
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3.7
- noun
- /siː tiː/
- Specialized
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tomografía computarizada
- The doctor ordered a CT scan to get a detailed view of the patient's lungs.
- a CT scan
- spiral CT
- CT and ultrasonography
So doctor walks in, CAT scan results, CT scan, whatever the hell it's called.
- So doctor walks in, CAT scan results, CT scan, whatever the hell it's called.
- No Am I really worried about those rough edges on the CT?
- And it's not very feasible for normal people to get an A PET CT or pit MRI scanning of the brown fat is super expensive.
- Well, I avoid X-rays and CT scans unless I have to.
- So you've got to get in there, which means doing some techniques, some image, ultrasound, CT scan, Mr scan.
- So an oncologist will look at each slice in the CT scan and mark out by hand where the tumor is.
- And they looked at people's biometrics and use CT scans to look at their belly fat for five years, tracking a group of people.
- And I was always reluctant to do it with CT scans because that's radiation.
- And they use no ionizing radiation like X-rays or CT scans do.
- So they're both CT scans, but the calcium score just runs over the body, doesn't put any contrast in and is just looking to pick up the light of calcium.
Examples
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You two, take that patient to get a CT scan of the head.
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Once in the hospital, some sort of brain imaging will be done, either CT or MRI scanning.
Academic text (2011) -
Your head CT was normal.
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Her latest ct scan looks really good.
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Just so you understand, this does not show up on a CT scan.
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The latest ct scan shows your heart is healing up just fine.
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Why haven't you had a head ct yet?
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We do still use a low dose CT for lung screening.
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J. has had a normal CT scan, but they decide to do an MRI as well.
Fiction book (2001) -
The EEG is normal, the skull x-ray is normal and the CT scan is normal.
Synonyms
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4.6
A scan that uses X-rays and a computer to make detailed pictures of the inside of the body
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3.2
A medical test that makes detailed pictures of the inside of the body using X-rays
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3.2
A medical test using X-rays and a computer to make detailed images of the inside of the body
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6.7
A way of making detailed pictures of the inside of the body
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4.1
A medical scan using X-rays and a computer to make detailed images of the inside of the body
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3.6
A medical scan using X-rays and a computer to make pictures of the body's inside
A medical scan that uses X-rays and a computer to make thin pictures of the inside of the body
A scan that uses X rays and a computer to make thin pictures of the inside of the body
Compounds
How Detailed
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Etymology
CT stands for computed tomography, a medical way to make 'slice' pictures of the inside of the body using X-rays and a computer; the word tomography comes from the Greek root tomos meaning 'slice' or 'cut', which is why a CT shows the body in thin 'slices'.