What is a CT Scan(CAT Scan)?!


Question: What is a CT Scan(CAT Scan)?
Can you explain what this does for the patient and how this might help doctors diagnos your prognesis.

Answers:

Here is a definition from medterms.com :

"Computerized tomography scan. Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images and turns them into pictures on a screen. CT stands for computerized tomography.

The CT scan can reveal some soft-tissue and other structures that cannot even be seen in conventional X-rays. Using the same dosage of radiation as that of an ordinary X-ray machine, an entire slice of the body can be made visible with about 100 times more clarity with the CT scan."

See more details on the website; it's very helpful.

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.…




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