Medical Terminology / Unit 14 MedTerm 0922 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Computed Tomography
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The idea
Computed tomography is imaging that combines many x-ray views into cross-sectional images.
In practice
The term is abbreviated CT in records.
Where people slip
CT uses x-rays. The sectional view comes from computation, not from a different energy.
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