pantomographyn.
/ˌpantəˈmɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌpæn(t)oʊˈmɑɡrəfi/ Medicine.
A form of tomography for obtaining radiographs of a curved surface, spec. of the teeth and jaws, by rotation of the body and film during exposure. Cf. orthopantomography n.
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fluorography1896
fluoroscopy1896
Roentgenism1898
roentgenoscopy1903
skiascopy1908
teleradiography1908
teleroentgenography1908
orthoroentgenography1911
pneumography1921
stereofluoroscopy1928
kymography1930
tomography1935
photofluorography1941
neutron radiography1948
pantomography1952
photofluoroscopy1955
orthopantomography1959
panography1961
stereoradiography1965
computerized axial tomography1973
computed tomography1974
computerized tomography1974
CT1974
positron emission tomography1976
PET1979
1952 Y. V. Paatero in Suomen Hammaslääkäriseuran Toimituksia 48 7 Pantomography—a tomographic method for roentgenographing curved surfaces.
1969 G. J. van der Plaats Med. X-ray Technique (ed 3) iv. 104 Pantomography is mainly applied in dental radiography.
1990 European Jrnl. Orthodontics 12 385 Clinical examination with selective pantomography was thus able to correctly identify 97 per cent of children in need of immediate orthodontic treatment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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