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ShareComputed tomography (CT), originally known as computed axial tomography (CAT) and body section roentgenography, is a medical imaging method employing tomography where digital geometry processing is used to generate a three-dimensional image of the internals of an object from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around a single axis of rotation.
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Although most common in healthcare, CT is also used in other fields, for example nondestructive materials testing.
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Editor's Note: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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