noun. Any of several techniques for making detailed x-rays of a predetermined plane section of a solid object while blurring out the images of other planes.

noun. Imaging by sections or sectioning.

noun. (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body

"Computerized tomography is destined to become the standard diagnotic imagary technique even in small medical clinics and dental offices in the near future."

computed tomography  tomogram  

pictorial representation  picturing  

MRI  echography  magnetic resonance imaging  pet  positron emission tomography  

CT  X-ray  echocardiography  emission  imaging