first-generation scanner

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first-generation scanner,

an early type of computed tomography device that used a finely collimated (pencil) x-ray beam and a single detector moving in a translate-rotate mode. It required 180 translations, each separated by a 1-degree rotation, and up to 5 minutes for one scan.

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