scanography

scanography

[skanog′rəfē]

Etymology: L, scandere, to climb; Gk, graphein, to record

a method of producing a radiograph of an internal body organ or structure by using a series of parallel beams that eliminate size distortion. The technique is applied most in long-bone radiography. See also orthoroentgenography.

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scanography

a method of making radiographs by the use of a narrow slit beneath the tube, so that, as the x-ray tube moves over the target, all the rays of the central beam pass through the part being radiographed at the same angle.