CT Scanning
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- Created on: 14-03-15 08:26
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- CT Scanning
- computerised tomography
- uses x-rays to build up and image of a 'slice' through the body
- patient put through a tube containing a scanner
- rotates around patient
- emits x-ray pulses
- need to lie still and breath normally
- data is received and processed using computer software
- image is digital and can be put with other images to form 3D view
- much clearer image
- can scan areas encased in bone e.g. the brain
- radiation risks
- expensive
- large size of equipment
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