what do they do is it a scan??
2006-11-23 08:33:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
A chest CT is also known as a cat scan....the Contrast is a dye that they inject into you through an Intravenous needle that is put into your arm...The dye moves through your body and allows things in your chest and else where to be see more clearly. Then you lie on a table attached to a machine...the table moves into the machine and pictures are taken of your chest....It doesn't hurt...the dye can make you feel funny but there are trained professionals there to help you with any questions or strange feelings you may get....good luck
2006-11-23 09:49:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the google bods have quite successfully managed to inform you what a CT scan is. The main benefit is that it can take very thin slices of imaging, which when viewed by a trained radiologist can make up a good picture of the internal structures of your body. It can be used to look at specific areas, in the case of CT colonography, or in general with the use of PET CT, but for now, lets focus on the normal CT.
What often happens with a CT is that you have one normal run through the machine. You are then injected with a dye, and a set time period is elapsed before you go back through the scanner. By comparing the two scans, it gives the radiologist chance to see some structures more clearly than others, and by looking at how certain areas enhance (how they take in the contrast) can give a better idea of what the area is. It is a standard procedure, not just performed for the lungs as some seem to think.
2006-11-23 20:17:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A CT or CAT scan is a shortened name for computerized tomography. A CT scan takes pictures of the inside of the body. The pictures are more detailed than a typical x-ray. During a CT scan of the chest, pictures are taken of cross sections or slices of the thoracic structures in your body. The thoracic structures include your lungs, heart and the bones around these areas. When contrast is used during a CT scan of the chest thoracic structures are highlighted even more.
2006-11-23 08:37:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A shadow on a chest x-ray, cough that lasts more than 4 weeks, and shortness of breath could be caused by pneumonia. The shadow could also be some type of cancer or other lung problem. You can just tell your grandmother that the doc needs to get a more detailed x-ray of the lung to figure out if she has a lung infection or some other type of problem.
2016-03-29 06:55:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you see the formality in which most common forms of chest and other contractural organs are substantiated are not always concurrent within the apperatus "the body" that they are associated with. The conglomorate thus far for most studies of the sesquential subject are negative. So just believe in yourself, and remember, don't just get a scan... BE the scan...
2006-11-23 10:38:54 · answer #5 · answered by mrmanseven 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is simmilar to an X-ray. There are different ones. Computerized topography shows the organs differently from an X-ray and they are looking for something that a CT scan shows that an X-ray wouldn't show.
2006-11-23 08:43:29 · answer #6 · answered by Richard H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is a scan and they will inject you with a dye that will show up whatever part of the body they will be scanning. Godloveya.
2006-11-23 08:37:29 · answer #7 · answered by Sassy OLD Broad 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
chest scan, like a cat scan
2006-11-23 08:42:30 · answer #8 · answered by ronnie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a chest x-ray and contrast is a fluid the nurses inject to get good x-ray pictures
2006-11-23 08:39:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah an examination under x ray conditions which they use dye to look at your lungs
2006-11-23 14:14:54 · answer #10 · answered by louise j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋