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tomography, tomograph, tomogram

Term: tomography

Literally meaning: ?the process of writing the slices?

Origin: Anc Greek

????/tome(=section, slice, trunk, stalk) >?????/temno(=cut)

-??????/graphia(=-graphy, a combining form denoting something written or represented as in words biography, geography, photography > ??????/gramma(=letter)

Coined/History

Radiology began as medical speciality in first decade of the 1900?s after the discovery of x-rays by German physicist Prof Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923) . CT imaging (Computed Tomography) was invented in 1972, in England, by Sir Godfrey Hounsfiel (1919-2004) who used gamma rays and a detector together with a digital computer to create detailed cross sectional images of objects reconstructing data into a single image in more than 24 hours.

Definition

Tomography is the technique for produsing images by sections (cross-sectional) using X-rays, ultrasound or gamma rays. The device used in tomography is called tomograph anf produced image tomogram.

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- Angiography
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- -graphy
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- Pyelography, Pyelogram
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