tomographic

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Relating to making images of inner parts in thin slices like medical scans

adjective
/ˌtɒməˈɡræfɪk/

Specialized

: tomográfico

Results of a computed tomographic scan of the brain were normal.
Computed tomographic
tomographic scan

Examples

Computed tomographic images are reconstructed from a large number of X-ray transmission measurements throughout the target.

Academic text (2004)
Results of a cranial computed tomographic scan were normal.

Academic text (2012)
Center of rotation corrections were made before tomographic acquisition.

Academic text (1995)
Confirmed on computed axial tomographic scan.

Academic text (1995)
Computed tomographic scanning was compulsory before randomization.

Academic text (1995)
We then obtained a computed tomographic (CT) scan of the temporal bone.

Academic text (1999)
Contrast-enhanced computed tomographic scan showing an inhomogeneously enhancing mass in the right parapharyngeal space.

Academic text (1996)
That patient's chest radiograph and computed tomographic scan revealed no evidence of pulmonary infiltrates or edema.

Academic text (2014)
Panayi et al. concluded that computed tomographic angiography showed a good correlation of 80% when compared with normal invasive coronary angiography studies.

Academic text (2016)
The results of the tomographic scan revealed a clear view of the patient's internal organs.

Surface Forms

tomographic positive

Morphology

tomographic = tomograph (opaque) = tomo + graph + ic

The adjective is built on technical classical elements, but an average learner is unlikely to infer the medical slice-imaging meaning from tomograph plus -ic.

Etymology

The word tomographic comes from Greek roots tom- meaning 'slice' and -graphy meaning 'writing' or 'recording', so imagine a loaf of bread: a tomographic scan makes many thin 'slices' and takes pictures of each one. So, tomographic describes making images by sections or slices to help see inside the body.