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.
After the glass capsule is broken and the solutions mix, the glowstick glows. A glow stick is a self-contained, short-term light-source. It consists of a translucent plastic tube containing isolated substances that, when combined, make light through chemiluminescence, so it does not require an external energy source. The light cannot be turned off and can only be used once.