COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT / CAT SCAN) PROCEDURES:
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT / CAT SCAN)
A CT, or CAT, scan is an x-ray examination that utilizes a scanner to produce a series of cross-sectional images of a selected portion of your body.
After the selected body part is scanned, a computer reconstructs the images for the radiologist's review.
CT imaging is particularly useful because it can show many types of tissues and organs, including the lungs, bones, soft tissues, and blood vessels with great clarity. Using specialized equipment and expertise to create and interpret CT scans of the body, radiologists can more easily diagnose cancers, cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, trauma, and other diseases.
Our GE LightSpeed 16 CT Scanner, one of the most advanced CT scanners available in the world, obtaining 16 wafer-thin images simultaneously.
This scanner is the only one of its kind from Santa Barbara to the South,
Monterey to the North, and Fresno/Bakersfield to the East. This is the same CT scanner available at major academic institutions, such as UC San Francisco,
Stanford, UCLA and USC.
In less than 2 minutes, your entire body can be scanned. Because of its rapid scanning capability, the LightSpeed 16 can create images of the blood vessels of the chest, abdomen, pelvis, arms and legs in just seconds. Also, because of its rapid speed, it can also obtain "frozen" images of the heart and the vessels that supply it with blood.
CT imaging is particularly useful because it can show many types of tissues and organs, including the lungs, bones, soft tissues, and blood vessels with great clarity. Using specialized equipment and expertise to create and interpret CT scans of the body, radiologists can more easily diagnose cancers, cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, trauma, and other diseases.
Our GE LightSpeed 16 CT Scanner, one of the most advanced CT scanners available in the world, obtaining 16 wafer-thin images simultaneously.
In less than 2 minutes, your entire body can be scanned. Because of its rapid scanning capability, the LightSpeed 16 can create images of the blood vessels of the chest, abdomen, pelvis, arms and legs in just seconds. Also, because of its rapid speed, it can also obtain "frozen" images of the heart and the vessels that supply it with blood.
Procedure Preparation:
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CT / CAT SCAN GUIDED BIOPSIES
Before performing a biopsy, our doctor will generally meet with you to explain the entire procedure. After explaining the procedure, you will be escorted
to the CT scanner by our technical staff.
The technologist will help the doctor locate the region to be biopsied by taking several CT images. The doctor will mark an area on your skin and after numbing the skin using a local anesthetic, will insert a needle into the area. During the procedure, the technologist will take a series of images to determine the exact position of the needle. Once the needle is in the correct position, the doctor will take several tissue samples and send those to a pathologist for analysis.
If the biopsy is obtained in an area of the body that could result in a puncture of the lung, your biopsy could be followed by a chest X-ray to confirm that your lung has not been effected.
The technologist will help the doctor locate the region to be biopsied by taking several CT images. The doctor will mark an area on your skin and after numbing the skin using a local anesthetic, will insert a needle into the area. During the procedure, the technologist will take a series of images to determine the exact position of the needle. Once the needle is in the correct position, the doctor will take several tissue samples and send those to a pathologist for analysis.
If the biopsy is obtained in an area of the body that could result in a puncture of the lung, your biopsy could be followed by a chest X-ray to confirm that your lung has not been effected.
Procedure Preparation:
Please click here for directions on how to prepare for this procedure.
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