Imaging by sections or sectioning.

plural of tomography

(manufacturing, medicine) Tomographic imaging of processes, especially industrial.

A form of radiography which uses computer software to create images, or slices, at various planes of depth from images taken around a body or volume of interest.

(quantum mechanics) The process of reconstructing the quantum state (density matrix) for a source of quantum systems by measurement on the systems coming from the source.

plural of quantum tomography

plural of computed tomography

(medicine) A medical imaging process involving the use of multiple X-ray images to produce a three dimensional image of internal organs. / (medicine) A scan produced by this technique.

(quantum mechanics) A method for describing a quantum process by probing with known quantum states.

(medicine) A medical imaging technique which detects the gamma rays produced by positrons emitted from injected radionuclides.