How to Use radiography in a Sentence

radiography

noun
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  • Neutron radiography could tell us if a piece of Amelia Earhart's plane is real.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2021
  • There is no denying that without Dr. Maurice Coyle, Alaska might very well be in the dark ages of radiography.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Hard proof awaits, but metal shards and what appear to be bullet holes in the Eve panel were revealed by radiography.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • And testing such a special piece of metal is good for the people who are trying to further the development of neutron radiography.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2021
  • The resulting neutron streams can enable and bring down the cost of neutron imaging, a form of radiography like an X-ray, but better for certain applications.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2020
  • That's because it was found using muon radiography, a type of imaging that uses subatomic particles to peer through walls or solid structures.
    — National Geographic, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Trustees of the British Museum Researchers detected small bone lesions in the man’s skeleton using radiography and a scanning electron microscope.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2014
  • Big Mike had developed a successful business shipping radiography machines across the Gulf South.
    — Nathaniel Rich Stacy Kranitz, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • High-resolution high-contrast X-ray radiography of plant seeds combined with images taken by microscopy.
    — Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2013
  • These techniques have been known as muon tomography for three-dimensional imaging and muon radiography for two-dimensional imaging, but the term muography is more widely used for both techniques these days.
    — James Riordon, Scientific American, 29 July 2022
  • Does the practice have digital radiography and an electronic medical record system?
    — Justine A. Lee, Health.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • In addition to rigorous on-board sanitary protocols, the company has invested in state-of-the-art medical facilities, including ultrasound and radiography equipment, and a medical team of at least one doctor and nurse on each ship.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2021
  • However, while the latter is an improvement over 2D radiography in terms of capturing volumetric (3D) qualities, medical CT also has lower resolution.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Aug. 2020
  • These days, non-invasive techniques are heavily favored, such as polarized light microscopy, conventional radiography, and medical X-ray computed tomography (CT).
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Aug. 2020
  • His remains were identified last year by using mitochondrial DNA analysis, dental, anthropological and chest radiography comparison analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence.
    — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2019

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