Skip to content
tomography

File:TomographyPrinciple_Illustration.png · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ841267· pop 45· linked from 288 articles

tomography

Sign in to save

200px|thumb|Fig.1: Basic principle of tomography: superposition free tomographic cross sections S1 and S2 compared with the (not tomographic) projected image P thumbnail|Median plane sagittal tomography of the head by [[magnetic resonance imaging]] Tomography is imaging by sections or sectioning that uses any kind of penetrating wave. The method is used in radiology, archaeology, biology, atmospheric science, geophysics, oceanography, plasma physics, materials science, cosmochemistry, astrophysics, quantum information, and other areas of science.

~10 min read

Article

7 sections
Contents
  • Types of tomography
  • Synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy
  • Volume rendering
  • History
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

200px|thumb|Fig.1: Basic principle of tomography: superposition free tomographic cross sections S1 and S2 compared with the (not tomographic) projected image P thumbnail|Median plane sagittal tomography of the head by [[magnetic resonance imaging]] Tomography is imaging by sections or sectioning that uses any kind of penetrating wave. The method is used in radiology, archaeology, biology, atmospheric science, geophysics, oceanography, plasma physics, materials science, cosmochemistry, astrophysics, quantum information, and other areas of science.

The word tomography is derived from Ancient Greek , and , or, in this context as well, . A device used in tomography is called a tomograph, while the image produced is a tomogram.

Gallery (9)

Connections

Categories