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  2. CT Scan: What It Is, Types, Purpose, Procedure & Results

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    A CT (computed tomography) scan is an imaging test that helps healthcare providers detect diseases and injuries. It uses a series of X-rays and a computer to create detailed images of your bones and soft tissues. A CT scan is painless and noninvasive. You might go to a hospital or imaging center for your CT scan.

  3. CT scan - Mayo Clinic

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    A computerized tomography scan, also called a CT scan, is a type of imaging that uses X-ray techniques to create detailed images of the body. It then uses a computer to create cross-sectional images, also called slices, of the bones, blood vessels and soft tissues inside the body.

  4. What Is a CT Scan? - WebMD

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    A computed tomography (CT or CAT) scan allows doctors to see inside your body. It uses a combination of X-rays and a computer to create pictures of your organs, bones, and other...

  5. A CT scan (also called a CAT scan) is a series of cross-sectional X-ray images of the body. Learn why a CT scan is performed and what to expect during one.

  6. What is a CT scan? What the test detects and how it works - NBC...

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    A computed tomography scan, also called a CT or CAT scan, is an imaging test that lets doctors see inside a person’s body. It can help doctors find cancer.

  7. CT Scan (CAT Scan): Why It's Done, Risks, What to Expect -...

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    A CT scan is an imaging test that uses X-rays and a computer to take cross-sectional pictures of the body. A CT scan, also called a CAT (computed axial tomography) scan, makes layered images of an entire body area. The images are similar to slices of a loaf of bread.

  8. What is a CT scan? | CT Scan for Cancer - American Cancer Society

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    A CT scan (also known as a computed tomography scan, CAT scan, and spiral or helical CT) is an imaging test that uses radiation (x-rays) to create a detailed view of a specific area in your body. It can help doctors find cancer and show things like a tumor’s shape and size.

  9. Computed Tomography (CT) Scans and Cancer Fact Sheet

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    Computed tomography (CT) is a noninvasive imaging procedure that uses special x-ray equipment to create detailed pictures, or scans, of areas inside the body. Each picture created during a CT procedure shows the organs, bones, and other tissues in a thin “slice” of the body.

  10. Computed Tomography (CT) Scan - Johns Hopkins Medicine

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    A CT scan is a diagnostic imaging exam that uses X-ray technology to produce images of the inside of the body. A CT scan can show detailed images of any part of the body, including the bones, muscles, organs and blood vessels. CT scans can also be used for fluid or tissue biopsies, or as part of preparation for surgery or treatment.

  11. Computed Tomography (CT) - National Institute of Biomedical...

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    The term “ computed tomography,” or CT, refers to a computerized x-ray imaging procedure in which a narrow beam of x-rays is aimed at a patient and quickly rotated around the body, producing signals that are processed by the machine’s computer to generate cross-sectional images, or “slices.”