CAT Scan

(Diagnostic procedure using X-rays to generate cross-sectional body images)

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Computed tomography (CT or CAT Scan) is a diagnostic procedure that uses X-rays to generate cross-sectional pictures of your body. The procedure involves lying on table as it moves your body into the center of an X-ray machine.

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I was in the ER and had just been diagnosed with meningitis. The doctors ordered a CT scan on my head. Read More

Ken, male, 42, Massachusetts

 

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