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Definition
: Imaging methods that result in sharp images of objects located on a chosen plane and blurred images located above or below the plane.
do not use /util except by MeSH definition; used for non-x-ray & non-radionuclide tomographies; echotomography seen in foreign lit is probably ULTRASONOGRAPHY & if so use "ultrasonics" or "ultrasonic diagnosis" or "ultrasonography" in translations & not
See Also
Anatomy, Cross-Sectional
Examples
Electron Microscope Tomography
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
;
Tomography, Emission-Computed
;
Tomography, Optical
;
Tomography, X-Ray
Other names
Tomographies