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CT scan

American  

noun

  1. CAT scan.


CT scan Scientific  
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  1. See CAT scan


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This imaging method functions much like a CT scan at the molecular scale, allowing researchers to see cellular structures in remarkable detail.

From Science Daily

My wife of 42 years and I spent Feb. 14 this year in a hospital’s emergency room for what turned out to be a negative CT scan.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's essentially like doing a CT scan of the plasma beneath the aurora," Lynch said.

From Science Daily

The plasma changed those signals as they passed through it, much like body tissues alter X rays during a medical CT scan.

From Science Daily

"For early diagnosis, this method holds promise for enabling simple blood screenings for lung cancer before a tumor might be visible on a CT scan," said Zhang.

From Science Daily