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.
Describe the pine cone in terms of structure and function. The female pine cone is a compact structure formed from a central axis with whorls of sporophylls (scales) attached. The sporophylls are scale-like structures with two ovules at the base of each. The scales are open when the female cone is young in order to accept pollen delivered by the wind. After pollination the scales of the female cone close. The cone develops and enlarges over the next year or two as the pollen tube grows through the micropyle towards the archegonium. After fertilization the female cone becomes even larger and woody. When the seeds are completely developed the pine cone opens up to release the seeds.