Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun computed_axial_tomography

1 sense of computed axial tomography

Sense 1
computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT -- (a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis)
       => X-raying, X-radiation -- (obtaining images by the use of X rays)