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Computed Tomography

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In 1935, Grossman coined the term “tomography” from the Greek “tomos”, meaning section or cut, to denote the method using conventional radiography to depict specific layers within the human body. In conventional tomography the image of the section is orientated parallel to the film. Computed tomography (CT) refers to the method of obtaining information from the passage of x-ray beams through a selected area of the body which in turn is processed with the aid of a sophisticated computer. The computer then produces clear sharp images of the internal structure of the body in the axial plane.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Institute of Orthopaedics, The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic & District Hospital, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7AG, UK

    V. N. Cassar-Pullicino MD

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  1. MRI Centre, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Bristol Road South, Birmingham, B31 2AP, UK

    A. Mark Davies

  2. Department of Radiology, University Hospital University of Lund, S-22185, Lund, Sweden

    Holger Pettersson

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Cassar-Pullicino, V.N. (1998). Computed Tomography. In: Davies, A.M., Pettersson, H. (eds) Orthopedic Imaging. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60295-5_3

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