What is computed tomography and how does it work?
CT scans are diagnostic imaging tests that produce detailed
images of interior organs, bones, soft tissue, and blood arteries. CT scan
cross-sectional scans can be reformatted in several planes, and
three-dimensional images can be viewed on a computer monitor, reproduced on
film, or transferred to electronic devices. Because the images allow your
doctor to confirm the presence of a tumour and estimate its size and location,
CT scanning is frequently the best tool for detecting many different
malignancies. CT scans are quick, painless, noninvasive, and precise. It can
disclose internal injuries and bleeding soon enough to save lives in emergency
situations.
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How a Computed Tomography
system works?
The patient is moved through a circular hole in the CT
imaging system by a motorised table.
A source of x-rays circulates around the inside of the
circular hole as the patient travels through the CT imaging equipment. It takes
around a second to complete a single rotation. A narrow, fan-shaped beam of x
rays is produced by the x-ray source, which is utilised to irradiate a segment
of the patient's body. The fan beam can be as thin as 1 millimetre or as thick
as 10 millimetres in thickness. There are multiple phases in a normal
examination, each consisting of 10 to 50 spins of the x-ray tube around the
patient while the table moves through the circular opening.
A "contrast substance" may be injected into the
patient to help visualise the vascular anatomy.
The x rays exiting the section of the patient's body being
irradiated are recorded as an x-ray "snapshot" at one point of the
source of x rays by detectors on the exit side of the patient. During one
entire revolution, many separate "snapshots" are collected.
For each complete rotation of the x-ray source, the data is transferred to a computer, which reconstructs all of the individual "snapshots" into a cross-sectional image of the inside organs and tissues.
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