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  2. Operation of computed tomography - Wikipedia

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    In conventional CT machines, an X-ray tube and detector are physically rotated behind a circular shroud (see the image above right). An alternative, short lived design, known as electron beam tomography (EBT), used electromagnetic deflection of an electron beam within a very large conical X-ray tube and a stationary array of detectors to achieve very high temporal resolution, for imaging of ...

  3. CT scan - Wikipedia

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    The radiation used in CT scans can damage body cells, including DNA molecules, which can lead to radiation-induced cancer. [148] The radiation doses received from CT scans is variable. Compared to the lowest dose X-ray techniques, CT scans can have 100 to 1,000 times higher dose than conventional X-rays. [149]

  4. Anatomical plane - Wikipedia

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    For the DICOM format, the one imagines a human in the anatomical position, and an X-Y-Z coordinate system with the x-axis going from front to back, the y-axis going from right to left, and the z-axis going from toe to head.

  5. Tomographic reconstruction - Wikipedia

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    A notable example of applications is the reconstruction of computed tomography (CT) where cross-sectional images of patients are obtained in non-invasive manner. Recent developments have seen the Radon transform and its inverse used for tasks related to realistic object insertion required for testing and evaluating computed tomography use in ...

  6. Computed tomography of the head - Wikipedia

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    Special views focusing on the orbit of the eye may be taken to investigate concerns relating to the eye. [8] CT scans are used by physicians specializing in treating the eye (ophthalmologists) to detect foreign bodies (especially metallic objects), fractures, abscesses, cellulitis, sinusitis, bleeding within the skull (intracranial bleeding), proptosis, Graves disease changes in the eye, and ...

  7. Physics of magnetic resonance imaging - Wikipedia

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    This additional magnetic field will have components in all 3 directions, viz. x, y and z; however, only the component along the magnetic field (usually called the z-axis, hence denoted G z) is useful for imaging. Along any given axis, the gradient will add to the magnetic field on one side of the zero position and subtract from it on the other ...

  8. Cartesian coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    The standard orientation, where the xy-plane is horizontal and the z-axis points up (and the x- and the y-axis form a positively oriented two-dimensional coordinate system in the xy-plane if observed from above the xy-plane) is called right-handed or positive. 3D Cartesian coordinate handedness. The name derives from the right-hand rule.

  9. X-ray diffraction computed tomography - Wikipedia

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    XRD-CT employs a monochromatic pencil beam scanning approach and captures the diffraction signal in transmission geometry, producing a diffraction projection dataset. In this setup, the sample moves along an axis perpendicular to the beam's direction. It is illuminated with a monochromatic finely collimated or focused "pencil" X-ray beam.