What is Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT Scan or CT Scan)?
A CT Scan is a doughnut-shaped machine, which allows the imaging of any body part in cross-section. It allows the radiologist to look inside your body and recreate every layer of your body from the skin to the bones and internal organs. It is a safe, simple, fast and noninvasive way of detecting disease, defining anatomy or guiding biopsy procedures. With the assistance of computer technology, the detailed cross-sectional images obtained with CT scan can be displayed in any desired orientation and can also be superimposed upon each other to obtain 3 dimensional images that greatly assist your doctor in understanding your disease process. CT scan has revolutionized the diagnostic capabilities of radiographic procedures.
