tomographic
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tomographic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to imaging by the method of rotating a radiation source and the accompanying sensor so that areas outside the required plane of investigation are not in focus.
The patient was examined using a positron emission tomographic system.
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By using tomographic reconstruction, mathematical processes reconstruct the laser beam size in different orientations to an image similar to the one produced by CCD cameras.
CT-based planning allows physicians to more accurately determine the dose distribution using axial tomographic images of the patient's anatomy.
With the increasing power and availability of computers in the 1960s, research began into practical computational techniques for creating tomographic images.