A tomogram Tomography achieves this remarkable result by simply moving an x-ray source in one direction as the x-ray film is moved in the opposite direction during the exposure to sharpen structures in the focal plane, while structures in other planes appear blurred. The tomogram is the picture; the tomograph is the apparatus; and tomography is the process.
Home / Questions / Used in medical talk (think PET or CAT), what is the name given to a two-dimensional image of a slice through a three-dimensional object?