Preferred Name |
Computed Tomography
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Definition |
A method of examining structures within the body by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis.
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Synonyms & Abbreviations |
CAT CAT Scan CAT scan Computed Tomography computed tomography Computerized Axial Tomography computerized axial tomography computerized tomography Computerized Tomography CT CT SCAN CT scan tomography
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ReferenceCode |
NCI Thesaurus Code:C17204
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ReferenceURL |
https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&ns=ncit&code=C17204
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PMID |
NA
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