What is CT?
Computed tomography (CT) combines x-rays with the latest computer technology to create cross-sectional images of your body in seconds. Often, physicians call these images “slices.” Patients lay flat and very still on a table as it inches its way through a doughnut-shaped “gantry.” During your progress through the tube, thin x-ray beams spiral around your body, capturing slices that a computer reconstructs into a complete image. As some of these slices are as thin as 0.5 mm, CT scanning offers more detail than traditional x-ray examinations. As a result, CT is an ideal way to accurately view the size, shape, and position of soft-tissue structures such as the lungs, liver, kidneys, and other internal organs.
