05-10-2010, 01:44 PM
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Computed Tomography
Presented By:-
Goutam Mohanty
M.Tech In Bioelectronics
Dept. Of ECE,Tezpur University
Introduction
Tomography is the Greek word consists of two words :
Tomos + graphic
Computed tomography (CT) is a medical imaging method employing tomography. Digital geometry processing is used to generate a three-dimensional image of the inside of an object from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around a single axis of rotation.
CT was invented by G.N. Hounsfield at central research laboratories of EMI Ltd ,UK in 1972.