cross-sectional imaging
cross-sectional imaging (kros-sek-shŏn-ăl) n. any technique that produces an image in the form of a plane through the body with the structures cut across. See computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, SPECT scanning, ultrasonography.
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