CT Scans: An Inside Look at the Scan that Looks Inside

CT SCANS: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE SCAN THAT LOOKS INSIDE (1972 CT scans invented by Godfrey Hounsfield and Allan Cormack 1974 (1976 First head-only CT scanners are installed Whole-body systems with wider openings become available 1979 Hounsfield and Cormack are awarded the Nobel Prize for their invention 1980 TODAY CT scans become widely available There are about 6,000 CT scanners in use in the U.S. USES OF CT SCANS Doctors use CT scans to look for problems in the... • Brain tumors or injuries • Intracranial bleeding • Head injuries HEAD • Lung cancer • Pulmonary embolism Aneurysm CHEST ABDOMEN Enlarged lymph nodes • Cysts Liver disease PELVIS Tumors Bleeding Diverticulitis AND MORE! FAST FACTS ABOUT CT SCANS CT stands for computed tomography =1 illion 70 million CT scans were performed in the U.S. in 2011 That's an average of 19,500 per day 3 million CT scans were performed in the U.S. in 1980 1 in 5 Americans will receive a CT scan each year Most CT scans take only a few minutes to complete Infographic Provided By: Southwest Diagnostic Imaging Center SOUTHWEST" I BIACNOSTIC IMAGING CENTER www.swdicimaging.com Sources http://www.imaginis.com/ct-scan/brief-history-of-ct http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ct_scan/article_em.htmhttp://www.nobelprize.org/nobel.prizes/medicine /laureates/1979/ http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/computed-tomography-ct-scan-of-the-body http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg-bodyct http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/test.procedures/neurological/computed_tomography_ct.or- cat_scan_of_the brain 92.PO7650/ http://www.chp.edu/CHP/CT-Scan-PP http:/thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2011/02/1/a game-changing statistic-1-in- 250/ http://www.uamshealth com/?id-5157&sid-1