Noun: tomography tu'mó-gru-fee
- (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
"The CT scan used tomography to create detailed images of her brain";
- imaging
- The imaging of a three-dimensional body using many two-dimensional slices
"The doctor ordered a CT scan, which uses tomography to create detailed images of the patient's internal organs"
Derived forms: tomographies
Type of: pictorial representation, picturing
Encyclopedia: Tomography, optical coherence