How to Use tomography in a Sentence

tomography

noun
  • Perhaps muon tomography could be used to explore the upper part of the north shaft.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The technique, known as atom probe tomography, provided a new way to study the moon's surface.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Muon detection, or tomography, can sketch only a rough outline of the void.
    — Ben Guarino, Alaska Dispatch News, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Researchers are able to build a 3D model of some of the subducted crust through seismic tomography.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2019
  • Those devices range from technology to help treat concussions to a new type of breast ultrasound tomography.
    — Amy Feldman, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Computerized tomography scans revealed delicate body parts like antennae, gills and fine hairs on the mouth parts.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Researchers first placed the remains in a computerized tomography scanner, which has been used in the past to peer beneath mummy bandages.
    — Colin Barras, Science | AAAS, 24 Nov. 2020
  • One such find, from ancient deposits in Colorado, contains parts of a jawless fish that a new study has scanned with modern X-ray tomography.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In the 11 cases where tomography found no decay, the cookies revealed only one small cavity.
    — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Quartz, 12 Sep. 2019
  • And rather than removing the fossil from the limestone, Bhullar and his colleagues used computerized tomography to scan it.
    — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 4 May 2018
  • The tunnel was discovered by the ScanPyramids project by way of cosmic-ray muon tomography.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2020
  • Detailed x-ray scans, generated using computerized tomography, revealed two holes on the top of the lizard’s skull.
    — Katie Langin, Science | AAAS, 2 Apr. 2018
  • He is now convinced that phase-contrast tomography alone is not sufficient to read the Herculaneum scrolls in any meaningful way.
    — Henrik Knudsen, Smithsonian, 26 June 2018
  • Muon tomography is not, at the moment, sensitive enough to see such shafts, so unknown ones would not have shown up on Dr Morishima’s survey.
    — The Economist, 4 Nov. 2017
  • This may involve imaging studies, such as positron emission tomography (PET).
    — Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Without neutron tomography, as this kind of mapping is known, nothing short of breaking the fossil apart would have revealed the unfortunate dino.
    — James Riordon, Scientific American, 29 July 2022
  • Your provider may perform an X-ray or computerized tomography (CT) scan to examine your chest, lungs, and heart.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The eye doctor will then likely use something called optical coherence tomography to scan the eye for damage, which is usually found in the outer retina.
    — Allison Carter, Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2017
  • Instead of extracting the fossil from the limestone in which it is embedded, the researchers used computerized tomography to scan the entire block of rock.
    — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 2 May 2018
  • Kale arrived at the hospital on Tuesday for a computed tomography, or CT, scan.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 14 July 2023
  • The Sleeve, which is far from production ready, is able to read biomarkers like heart rate, blood sugar, and stress levels through an optical tomography sensor that peers into the skin.
    — Elizabeth Stinson, WIRED, 10 May 2018
  • The team used seismic tomography, a sort of ultrasound technique, over five days in early April to map the ground underneath Yellowstone.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2015
  • During the 1990s, Maguire and colleagues were among the first to use a certain kind of brain scan, positron emission tomography, on people who stutter.
    — Amber Dance Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2020
  • In the days that followed, John also underwent a computed tomography (CT) scan.
    — Colleen Murphy, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
  • To approach an answer, Hublin’s team used a tomography scanner to examine the Irhoud fossils and compare them with other examples from around the world.
    — Alan Burdick, The New Yorker, 7 June 2017
  • Neutron tomography involves sending beams of neutrons through an object to create a 2D or 3D image.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
  • According to a press release, the team used computer tomography to examine the jawbone and tooth in detail, and visualize the internal structures in the jaw.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 24 May 2017
  • Using computed tomography, researchers created a three-dimensional X-ray model showing that the blade extends into the hilt as a tang.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Learning the exact state requires quantum tomography, a process that consumes an enormous number of copies and significant energy just to perform measurements.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
  • In this case, the data is 3D scans of patients’ eyes made using a technique known as optical coherence tomography, or OCT.
    — James Vincent, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2018

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