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| + | [[Image:Tomographic imaging scan.jpg|thumb|The results of a scan using a tomographic imaging scanner.]] |
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| − | A '''tomographic imaging scanner''' is a device which can display distinct sections or slices of its subject. |
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| + | A '''tomographic imaging scanner''' was a device designed to function as a [[sensor]]. The scanner was capable of multiphasic resolution and could penetrate significant amounts of [[subspace interference]]. |
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| + | The [[Daystrom Institute]] began work on such a device in the [[2360]]s, but it remained theoretical in [[2364]], when its use was suggested by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Data]], during the course of an analysis of an [[anti-time eruption]] by the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise''-D]]. The device had been developed and built by [[2370]] and installed aboard the ''Enterprise''-D, when it was used by Data to determine that three [[tachyon pulse]]s were converging on the centre of the eruption, ultimately acting as its cause. ({{TNG|All Good Things...}}) |
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| − | In [[2370]], [[Data]] uses a newly developed tomographic imaging scanner capable of [[multiphasic resolution]] to determine that three [[tachyon pulse|tachyon pulses]] were converging on an [[anti-time]] [[anomaly]]. ({{TNG|All Good Things...}}) |
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| − | :''Computed Tomography (CT) has been used for industrial purposes and Computed Axial Tomography ("CAT scan") has been used for medical purposes since the late [[20th Century]].'' |
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| + | :''Tomographic imaging is, in fact, already in significant use in industry and medicine. It is designed to display distinct sections or slices of its subject. How the scanner relates to the field in use today was not revealed in the episode.'' |
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Revision as of 14:43, 19 May 2007
The results of a scan using a tomographic imaging scanner.
A tomographic imaging scanner was a device designed to function as a sensor. The scanner was capable of multiphasic resolution and could penetrate significant amounts of subspace interference.
The Daystrom Institute began work on such a device in the 2360s, but it remained theoretical in 2364, when its use was suggested by Lieutenant Commander Data, during the course of an analysis of an anti-time eruption by the USS Enterprise-D. The device had been developed and built by 2370 and installed aboard the Enterprise-D, when it was used by Data to determine that three tachyon pulses were converging on the centre of the eruption, ultimately acting as its cause. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
- Tomographic imaging is, in fact, already in significant use in industry and medicine. It is designed to display distinct sections or slices of its subject. How the scanner relates to the field in use today was not revealed in the episode.