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computed tomography

medical imaging procedure using X-rays to produce cross-sectional images
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computed tomography

Summary

computed tomography is a medical test type[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of medical_test_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,743 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • computed tomography's image is recorded as Moderní výpočetní tomografie s přímo digitální detekcí rentgenového záření.jpg[3].
  • computed tomography's instance of is recorded as medical test type[4].
  • computed tomography's instance of is recorded as medical imaging[5].
  • computed tomography's GND ID is recorded as 4113240-3[6].
  • computed tomography's subclass of is recorded as medical imaging[7].
  • computed tomography's subclass of is recorded as tomography[8].
  • computed tomography's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00976418[9].
  • computed tomography's Commons category is recorded as Computed tomography[10].
  • computed tomography's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D014057[11].
  • computed tomography's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 25037[12].
  • computed tomography's MedlinePlus ID is recorded as 003330[13].
  • computed tomography's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dg0w[14].
  • computed tomography's MeSH tree code is recorded as E01.370.350.350.810[15].
  • computed tomography's MeSH tree code is recorded as E01.370.350.600.350.700.810[16].
  • computed tomography's MeSH tree code is recorded as E01.370.350.700.700.810[17].
  • computed tomography's MeSH tree code is recorded as E01.370.350.700.810.810[18].
  • computed tomography's MeSH tree code is recorded as E01.370.350.825.810.810[19].
  • computed tomography's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph124509[20].
  • computed tomography's topic's main category is recorded as Category:X-ray computed tomography[21].
  • computed tomography's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 616.07572[22].
  • computed tomography's PSH ID is recorded as 12720[23].
  • computed tomography's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[24].
  • computed tomography's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/computed-tomography[25].
  • computed tomography's Patientplus ID is recorded as Computerised-Tomography-(CT)-Scans[26].
  • computed tomography's BBC Things ID is recorded as 009f7ad5-eddb-472b-9b6a-d7bccae2c7ce[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for computed tomography include PET-CT[28], a medical test[29].

Why It Matters

computed tomography ranks in the top 3% of medical_test_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,743 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 149 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include PET-CT[28], a medical test[29].

Related Entities

Alexander Gall CueCat Edda Sveinsdottir Gabor Herman Godfrey Hounsfield Jeffrey A Fessler Marco Boschetti medical imaging William F. Sensakovic Yonina Eldar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . patient.co.uk. patient.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:X-ray computed tomography
    Subclass of → medical imaging, tomography
    Instance of → medical test type, medical imaging
    Uses → X-ray, CT scanner
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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