CT scanner

NOUN

computerized axial tomography scanner

Synonyms

WEAK

CAT scanner computed axial tomography computed tomography computer-assisted tomography computerized tomography

Example Sentences

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The ECT has made other improvements that have helped to speed up waiting times, including a new CT scanner.

From BBC

To determine how Mamenchisaurus managed a neck as long as a semi-truck trailer, Dr. Moore and colleagues used a CT scanner to analyze the animal’s vertebrae.

From New York Times

After a brief stop in the trauma bay for a neurological exam, she was wheeled down the hallway, straight to diagnostic imaging, where two paramedics carefully hoisted her off the gurney and onto the bed of a CT scanner.

From New York Times

The key to a successful EVT, they believed, was in rushing a patient to a CT scanner, verifying that their clot was a viable target for extraction and then pulling it out without delay.

From New York Times

Ashleigh Schmeltzer, a CT scanner technologist, said she is reminded of the crews at the Indianapolis 500 that swarm to a car needing attention.

From New York Times