Computer Tomography

Almost everyone will eventually have a Computed Tomography (CT) scan performed on them at some point in their lifetime. This is because CT scans allow doctors to easily see inside the body without cutting a person open. CT scans use X-rays and computers to produce cross-sectional images of the body. These images are placed together to form a 3-Dimensional image of the body. The 3-D images are more detailed than images produced by a normal X-ray. CT imaging is one of the most common forms of medical imaging and is very inexpensive to operate relative to other scanning techniques.