Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Tomography

Imaging methods that result in sharp images of objects located on a chosen plane and blurred images located above or below the plane.

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Imaging methods that result in sharp images of objects located on a chosen plane and blurred images located above or below the plane.

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  • Tomographies

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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.

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used for non-x-ray and non-radionuclide tomographies; echotomography seen in foreign literature is probably ULTRASONOGRAPHY and if so use "ultrasonics" or "ultrasonic diagnosis" or "ultrasonography" in translations and not "echotomography"

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tomography. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014054. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014054
  2. Tomography. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomography
  3. Tomography. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q841267