Tomography

Definition: Tomography

Tomography

Noun

1. (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body.

"Tomography" is a common misspelling or typo for: topography.

Specialty Definition: Tomography

Domain	Definition
Health	Imaging methods that result in sharp images of objects located on a chosen plane and blurred images located above or below the plane. (references)
Medicine	Body-section radiography. Source: European Union. (references)
	A technique of making radiographs of predetermined layers within objects, the sharp image of the chosen layer and the blurred images of other layers being produced by coordinated motion of any two of an X-ray tube, an object or a film. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A division of radiography dealing with the photography of a particular plane in an object while leaving out undesired detail in other planes. Although this technique was developed for medical radiography, it is recommended for certain purposes in work with metals where it is essentialthat the location of faults be exactly known. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Tomography

Synonym: imaging (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Tomography

Specialty definitions using "tomography": Bone Density ♦ Cerebral Ventriculography, chief, radiolog, computed tomographic colonography, ct technologis, CTOS ♦ fludeoxyglucose F 18 ♦ geotomography ♦ imaging block ♦ Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ♦ PET scan ♦ Radiography, Interventional, RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGIST, CHIEF ♦ scans, single electron substance, SPECIAL PROCEDURES TECHNOLOGIST, CT SCAN, spiral CT scan ♦ Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate, Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, Tomography, X-Ray, Tomography, X-Ray Computed ♦ virtual colonoscopy. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Tomography

Domain	Title
Books	Correlative Imaging: Nuclear Medicine Magnetic Resonance Computed Tomography Ultrasound (reference) Correlative Neuroradiology: Intracranial Radiographic Analysis With Computed Tomography, Angiography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (A Wiley Medica) (reference) An Atlas of Cross-Sectional Anatomy: Computed Tomography, Ultrasound, Radiography, Gross Anatomy (reference) Angiography in cerebro-arterial occlusive diseases : including computer tomography and radionuclide methods (reference) Imaging of Infections and Inflammations of the Central Nervous System: Computed Tomography Ultrasound and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Computed Tomography for the Emergency Physician (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Tomography

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Illustration of prototype machine to perform mammography by Positron Emission Tomography (PET Scan). Since this machine is used solely for mammography, it is called Positron Emission Mammography (PEM). Credit: Joseph Frank, NIH Diagnostic Imaging.		Shown is a PET scan (positron emission tomography) of a 17 year old girl with a longstanding history of epilepsy, who has a brain tumor classified as a grade 1 astrocytoma. The PET scan indicates that the tumor is not metabolizing excess glucose and is therefore benign. PET scans allow doctors to tell if a tumor is malignant without resorting to a surgical biopsy. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	Position emission tomography (PET) of cerebral glucose utilization in a normal individual. This tomogram is through the upper part of the cerebral hemisphere. Note discrimination between gray matter (yellow-red color) and white matter (green-blue color) which uses less glucose. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Computed tomography scan of lungs showing classic snowstorm appearance of acute histoplasmosis. Credit: CDC.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Tomography

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		PET scan - see positron emission tomography. (references)
		SPECT -- see single photon emission computerized tomography. (references)
		Imaging techniques include x-ray computed tomography (CT), MRI, PET, and SPECT. (references)
Business		This report reviews the imaging and non-invasive diagnostic equipment subsector, which for the purpose of this analysis, comprises radiology, computerized tomography, nuclear medicine, ecography, MRI, radiation therapy and bone densitometry. (references)
		Demand for imported healthcare supplies is expected to grow at an accelerated pace for items such as positron emission tomography scanners (PET), electro-cardiographs, computed axial tomography scanners, ultra-sound scanners and electron microscopes. (references)
Economic History	Turkey	New capital-intensive medical technologies, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and megavolt radiation therapy will continue to be purchased by Turkish hospitals. (references)
	Korea	Products that present the best export prospects for U.S. exporters include various high-tech medical products, including sterilizers, rehabilitation equipment, respiration equipment, orthopedic joints, diagnostic ultrasound scanners, magnetic resonance imaging systems, patient monitors, computer tomography scanners, catheters, artificial kidneys and dialysis machines, suture, suture needles, general surgical instruments, operation tables, ophthalmic equipment, endoscopes, intraocular lenses, artificial heart valves and dental equipment and supplies. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Tomography

"Tomography" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.20% of the time. "Tomography" is used about 125 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.2%	124	28,785
Noun (proper)	0.8%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	125	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Tomography

Expressions using "tomography": computed axial tomography ♦ computed tomography ♦ computed tomography colography ♦ computer tomography ♦ computerized axial tomography ♦ computerized axial tomography scanner ♦ computerized tomography ♦ cranial computed tomography ♦ positron emission tomography ♦ positron emission tomography scan ♦ positron emission tomography scanner. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "tomography": computer-tomography, seismic-tomography.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tomography

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
positron emission tomography	97	multislice computed tomography	3
computed tomography	72	retinal tomography	3
tomography	59	emission positive tomography	3
electron beam tomography	39	computed axial tomography	3
optical coherence tomography	22	computed physics tomography	3
tomography x ray	22	industrial tomography	2
computerized density distribution europe tablet tomography	21	computed in slice tomography	2
computerized density distribution europe porosity tablet tomography	19	electrical impedance tomography	2
computerized tomography	18	emission position tomography	2
breast emission positron tomography	5	earth tomography	2
computerized axial tomography	5	computed generation tomography	2
computed high resolution tomography	5	coherence optical retina tomography	2
breast emission imaging positron tomography	5	electron tomography	2
neck tomography	5	book computed tomography	2
radio tomography	5	computed principle tomography	2
computer tomography	5	seismic tomography	2
acoustic tomography	4	positron emmision tomography	2
electron beam computed tomography	3	single photon emission computed tomography	2
		coherence ocular tomography	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Tomography

Language		Translations for "tomography"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏الرسم السطحي. (various references)

Chinese		x线�"层照相术. (various references)

Danish		tomografi (body section radiography, laminography, planigraphy, stratigraphy). (various references)

Dutch		tomografie (body section radiography, laminography, planigraphy, stratigraphy). (various references)

Finnish		tomografia (body section radiography, laminography, planigraphy), kerroskuvaus (body section radiography, laminography, planigraphy). (various references)

French		tomographie. (various references)

German		Tomographie (body section radiography, laminography, planigraphy). (various references)

Greek		τομογραφία ακτίνων Χ (body section radiography, laminography, planigraphy), τομογραφία (body section radiography, laminography, planigraphy). (various references)

Italian		tomografia (body section radiography, laminography, planigraphy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		トキソプラズマ症 (18-wheeler, articulated lorry, galvanized sheet iron, latest fashion, pepper game, semi-trailer, Thomas Cup, toboggan, toffy, toggle, toggle switch, Tom, tomahawk, tomato, tomato ketchup, tomato puree, tommy gun, tom-tom, toner, tonic, tonic water, tony tie, top, top ball, top batter, top class, top condition, top down, top fashion, top gear, top group, top hat, top lady, top management, top news, top runner, top scene, top secret, top seller, top spin, top star, topaze, topcoat, top-domain, topic, topic news, topics, topless, top-level, top-note, topological, topology, topper, topping, toss, toss batting, tosser, totocalcio, toxoplasmosis, Toyota, tractor, tractor-trailer, tragedy, tragic, tragi-comedie, transistor glamour, trauma, triad, trial, trial and error, triangle, tri-athlete, triathlon, tribalism, tricycle, Trident, trijet, Tristar, truss, trust, try, zinc). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		トモグラフィー . (various references)

Korean		단층 촬영. (various references)

Pig Latin		omographytay

Portuguese		tomografia (body section radiography, laminography, planigraphy). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		tomografija. (various references)

Spanish		tomografía (scan). (various references)

Swedish		tomografi (body section radiography, laminography, planigraphy). (various references)

Turkish		tomografi. (various references)

Ukrainian		томографія. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Tomography

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-g-h-m-o-o-p-r-t-y"
	-1 letter: photogram.
	-2 letters: myograph, omophagy.
	-3 letters: agoroth, atrophy, taproom.
	-4 letters: agorot, hooray, morpho, oogamy, oompah, photog, pogrom, ragtop, trophy.
	-5 letters: amort, aport, argot, atomy, atopy, garth, gator, goopy, gramp, graph, grapy, groat, groom, harpy, hoagy, hoary, hooty, magot, mayor, moory, moray, morph, mothy, motor, ogham, oomph, ortho, pargo, party, payor, photo, porgy, promo, rhyta, roomy, rooty.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-h-m-o-o-p-r-t-y"
	+4 letters: chromatography, photogrammetry.
	+5 letters: electromyograph.
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