 Computed tomography combines the use of X-rays with the latest computer technology. The Toshiba Aquilion™ Ct system is used by this facility to create cross-sectional images ("slices") of your body. You simply lie still on a moving table as it inches its way through a doughnut-shaped "gantry." Thin X-ray beams spiral around your body capturing slices that a computer reconstructs into a complete image. Because some of these slices are as thin as 0.5mm, the Aquilion offers more detail than traditional X-ray. As a result, CT is an ideal way to accurately view the size, shape and position of soft tissue structures such as the lungs, liver, kidneys and other internal organs.
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