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computed tomography: a standalone construct

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Medical imaging

cross-sectional imaging that rebuilds a slice of the body from many X-ray transmission measurements taken at different angles around it.

In medical imaging, computed tomography refers to cross-sectional imaging that rebuilds a slice of the body from many X-ray transmission measurements taken at different angles around it. This meaning comes from Hounsfield (1973) in The British Journal of Radiology.[1]

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  1. Hounsfield, G. N. (1973). Computerized transverse axial scanning (tomography): Part 1. Description of system. The British Journal of Radiology, 46(552), 1016-1022. https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-46-552-1016

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