an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal. 2. any fairly large contrivance or machine with a broad blade or scoop for taking up or removing loose matter: a steam shovel. 3. a shovelful.
Advanced Cone Beam CT Technology. CBCT scanners, on the other hand, are based on volumetric tomography, using a 2D extended digital array providing an area detector. This is combined with a 3D x-ray beam (Fig. 1b). The cone-beam technique involves a single 360Â° scan in which the x-ray source and a reciprocating area detector synchronously move around the patientâs head, which is stabilized with a head holder. At certain degree intervals, single projection images, known as âbasisâ images, are acquired.
The Coneheads is a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live (SNL) about a family of aliens with bald conical heads. It originated on the January 15, 1977, episode, and starred Dan Aykroyd as father Beldar, Jane Curtin as mother Prymaat, and Laraine Newman as daughter Connie. It was later made into a film.