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n. - X-ray machine in which a computer builds a detailed image of a particular plane through an object from multiple X-ray measurements.

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  • The first computer tomograph was constructed to be used for examining the skull, with special emphasis on diseases of the brain.
  • Then the four Tahirians crowded around to examine them, peering and sniffing (?), touching and feeling, gently but with unmistakable fascination, prior to putting them in the...
  • The achievement is no less significant because all the components forming the basis for the construction and operation of the computed tomograph had been described...
  • All centers in the world with access to a computed tomograph attest to the fact that the method has meant an enormous advance in diagnostics, therapy, development and...
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