How to Use tomography in a Sentence

tomography

noun
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  • First, take a 3D scan of the scroll using x-ray tomography, the same technology as that used for a CT scan.
    — Will Henshall, TIME, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The technique, known as atom probe tomography, provided a new way to study the moon's surface.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Feb. 2020
  • One involves a kind of brain scan known as positron emission tomography, or PET, while the other requires a spinal tap.
    — Elie Dolgin, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2017
  • During the 1990s, Maguire and colleagues were among the first to use a certain kind of brain scan, positron emission tomography, on people who stutter.
    — Amber Dance Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Researchers are able to build a 3D model of some of the subducted crust through seismic tomography.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2019
  • Muon detection, or tomography, can sketch only a rough outline of the void.
    — Ben Guarino, Alaska Dispatch News, 3 Nov. 2017
  • When the year was up, the researchers returned, fished up the seismometers and uploaded the data, which allowed them to create a tomography, or layout, of the plate.
    — Laura Geggel, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2019
  • One such find, from ancient deposits in Colorado, contains parts of a jawless fish that a new study has scanned with modern X-ray tomography.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Rapid decay of the copper isotope signals the presence of the antibody by positron emission tomography, i.e. a PET scan.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • On top of the expense of the drug, a patient would also need a positron emission tomography — or PET — scan to confirm the presence of amyloid protein plaques in the brain before they could be prescribed Aduhelm.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2021
  • Muon tomography is not, at the moment, sensitive enough to see such shafts, so unknown ones would not have shown up on Dr Morishima’s survey.
    — The Economist, 4 Nov. 2017
  • And rather than removing the fossil from the limestone, Bhullar and his colleagues used computerized tomography to scan it.
    — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 4 May 2018
  • Researchers first placed the remains in a computerized tomography scanner, which has been used in the past to peer beneath mummy bandages.
    — Colin Barras, Science | AAAS, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The Center has 10 electron microscopes (both transmission and scanning), Auger electron spectroscopy, atom probe tomography, and the ion beam Casagrande used to carve his tiny house.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The team used seismic tomography, a sort of ultrasound technique, over five days in early April to map the ground underneath Yellowstone.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2015
  • The Sleeve, which is far from production ready, is able to read biomarkers like heart rate, blood sugar, and stress levels through an optical tomography sensor that peers into the skin.
    — Elizabeth Stinson, WIRED, 10 May 2018
  • In this case, the data is 3D scans of patients’ eyes made using a technique known as optical coherence tomography, or OCT.
    — James Vincent, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2018
  • To approach an answer, Hublin’s team used a tomography scanner to examine the Irhoud fossils and compare them with other examples from around the world.
    — Alan Burdick, The New Yorker, 7 June 2017
  • This was the first time mummies have been scanned at St. Luke’s, which has a state-of-the-art computerized tomography machine capable of very high resolution.
    — Matt Campbell, kansascity, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Instead of extracting the fossil from the limestone in which it is embedded, the researchers used computerized tomography to scan the entire block of rock.
    — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 2 May 2018
  • One of the main reasons: Alagoas, unlike other Brazilian states, requires a computerized tomography (CT) scan of a newborn's brain to add them to the official count.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Kale arrived at the hospital on Tuesday for a computed tomography, or CT, scan.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 14 July 2023
  • In the 11 cases where tomography found no decay, the cookies revealed only one small cavity.
    — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Quartz, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The skull can also be placed in a computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan, which provides a detailed image of the inside of the brain cavity.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
  • He is now convinced that phase-contrast tomography alone is not sufficient to read the Herculaneum scrolls in any meaningful way.
    — Henrik Knudsen, Smithsonian, 26 June 2018
  • Light microscopy and tomography scanning allowed the researchers to see Najash in 3D and better understand the early stages of evolution that led to modern snakes.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The next step requires confirming whether patients have amyloid plaques, a telltale marker of Alzheimer’s in the brain, typically through a positron emission tomography (PET) scan.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2021
  • The eye doctor will then likely use something called optical coherence tomography to scan the eye for damage, which is usually found in the outer retina.
    — Allison Carter, Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2017
  • The team hopes to conduct more examinations of these specimens, including using micro-computer tomography to peer into the more delicate details of the bone and anatomy.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The study showed that amyloid levels, as measured by positron emission tomography (PET) scans, were notably higher in individuals with maternal memory issues compared to those with just paternal issues or no family history at all.
    — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 26 June 2024

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