What is Computed Tomography (CT)?
Computed Tomography (CT), sometimes called a CAT Scan, uses x-rays and computers to create an image of the inside of the body. Most body parts can be examined using CT. The CT machine looks like a giant doughnut. The patient on the exam table moves through the opening of the doughnut. The CT machine makes images that are different than a regular x-ray. It makes cross-sectional images of the body, most often referred to as slices. Just imagine looking at a piece of bread from the middle of the loaf. That’s what a CT machine can do. The CT scanner takes pictures, as the body moves through the machine, of different sections or slices of tissue.
