Why get a CT Scan?
Your doctor may recommend a CT scan when soft tissues, such as, internal organs need to be evaluated. Because the CT scanner can make a 3-D view of your organs, physicians are better able to view the size and shape of soft tissue than when traditional X-rays are used. CT imagery also is different than other imaging because it can display a combination of soft tissue, bones and blood vessels all in a single image. Radiologists perform CT scans to diagnose kidney, lung, liver, spine and blood diseases, cancer tumors and cysts, as well as blood clots, hemorrhages and infections. What happens during a CT scan? During a CT scan, the patient lays on a table that moves slowly through the donut-shaped opening of the scanner. Once inside, the X-ray beams create hundreds of cross-sectional pictures that represent slices of the human body. Seconds later, the computer assembles the slices into 3-D images that are interpreted by the radiologist. The test itself takes only seconds. Typically, there
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