What is Computed Axial Tomography (“CT” or “CAT” scan)?
Computed Axial Tomography (“CT” or “CAT” scan) is a way of looking inside your body using a special computerized X-ray camera. The images (or pictures) produced are cross – sectional, like the slices in a loaf of bread. During a CT exam the scanner takes multiple cross-sectional pictures of you. These pictures are created with the help of a computer and are capable of depicting various internal body parts in much greater detail than standard X-ray films. This greatly enhances the doctor’s ability to diagnose a medical condition.Multi-Slice Spiral CT scanning represents the latest advancement in CT scanning technology. CT scanning has been in existence since the mid-70’s and the concept of multi-slice allows for more than 1 spiral at a time, further improving the accuracy of the images, and further shortening the time it takes to produce them.Multi-slice spiral also allows for overlap of the images that are taken so that reconstruction’s can then be produced in 2 and 3 dimensions. This
