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CAT scan

noun as in computerized axial tomography

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He says the digitisation of operating theatre processes will allow hundreds of thousands of more operations per year, and that adopting recent technology will help doctors read MRI and CAT scans more accurately.

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Late last year, Francis underwent a CAT scan that ruled out pneumonia, but the pope was still forced to call off a trip to the Gulf because of a bad bout of acute, infectious bronchitis.

Researchers used micro-CT scanning, similar to CAT scans humans use in medical facilities, to image the internal architecture of each vertebra and quantified various mineral structures found in the calcified cartilage.

He went to the hospital Saturday for a CAT scan, and the Vatican said the test had ruled out pneumonia.

University of Miami and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration researchers on Virginia Key are using Tail Doppler Radar to create a three-dimensional image of the storm, almost like a CAT scan.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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