How do I review a CT scan?
In order to read a CT scan, you must consider the colors white, gray, and black.
Each color represents a distinct part of your body: soft tissues, fat, air, and bone.
A change in color in a specific area of your body might indicate the presence of an abnormality.
Dense tissues, such as bone, are seen as white patches..
How effective is a CT?
While CT provides much more detail of damage and disease of internal organs, bones and blood vessels than some other imaging technologies, it can't show everything.
Some types of cancer, for example, prostate cancer, uterine cancer and some liver cancers, may be harder to image using computed tomography..
What does a CT scan review?
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..
What is the role of CT in evaluation?
CT is an important imaging modality for the diagnosis and staging of multiple esophageal pathologies.
The relative speed and ease of acquisition compared to other imaging modalities ensures that CT will continue to play a role in the evaluation of the esophagus in the future..
- Quality assurance measurements ensure that the machine generates just as much X-ray as needed to keep radiation exposure as low as possible to achieve good quality imaging and avoid repeated procedures.
Quality assurance testing is done for the safety of both patients and staff.
