tomography
noun
to·mog·ra·phy
tō-ˈmä-grə-fē 
: a method of producing a three-dimensional image of the internal structures of a solid object (such as the human body or the earth) by the observation and recording of the differences in the effects on the passage of waves of energy impinging on those structures compare computed tomography
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The study also used gold-standard amyloid positron emission tomography, or PET, scans to verify the presence of amyloid and tau in the brains of study participants, and magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, to measure levels of visceral fat that occur when waistlines expand.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
Then an X-ray tomography imager goes deeper, revealing interconnects and components buried within the circuit board.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Oct. 2018
X-ray tomography and software tools like polynomial texture mapping helped researchers get a better look at inscriptions on the famous Antikythera Mechanism, for instance.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2024
There, with permission from Iranian authorities, scientists from the museum, Cranfield University and the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source studied the ancient weapons using a non-invasive imaging technique called neutron tomography.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
Then an X-ray tomography imager goes deeper, revealing interconnects and components buried within the circuit board.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Oct. 2018
X-ray tomography and software tools like polynomial texture mapping helped researchers get a better look at inscriptions on the famous Antikythera Mechanism, for instance.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2024
There, with permission from Iranian authorities, scientists from the museum, Cranfield University and the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source studied the ancient weapons using a non-invasive imaging technique called neutron tomography.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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tomography
noun
to·mog·ra·phy
tō-ˈmäg-rə-fē
plural tomographies
: a method of producing a three-dimensional image of the internal structures of a solid object (as the human body) by the observation and recording of the differences in the effects on the passage of waves of energy impinging on those structures
called also stratigraphy
see computed tomography, positron-emission tomographyLove words? Need even more definitions?
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