tomograph

English Thesaurus

1. X-ray machine in which a computer builds a detailed image of a particular plane through an object from multiple X-ray measurements (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	x-ray machine,
definition	:	an apparatus that provides a source of X rays (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	cat scanner, computerized axial tomography scanner,
definition	:	a tomograph that constructs a 3-D model of an object by combining parallel planes (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	pet scanner, positron emission tomography scanner,
definition	:	a tomograph that produces cross-sectional X-rays of metabolic processes in the body (noun.artifact)