What is a CT Scan? 
CT (also sometimes referred to as CAT) stands for Computed Axial Tomography. CT scanning was invented in the 1970's but has, since then, undergone so many technological advances that it has become the workhorse of most imaging departments. CT uses special x-ray equipment to obtain information about the body that is then processed by a computer into detailed multi-dimensional images or slices that demonstrate soft tissues such as muscle, liver and lung as well as bone and blood vessels. In fact, unlike any other imaging techniques, CT has the ability to show all the different types of tissues in the body at the same time.

Library photo of the Toshiba Aquilion 64 slice CT

The Toshiba Aquilion CT Scanner has 64 detectors, more than most other Private CT scanners. Featuring the most advanced multislice CT technologies available, the Aquilion 64 is built on Toshiba's unique 64-row Quantum detector, volumetric imaging capabilities and advanced software applications. The Aquilion is the world's only true volumetric 64 CT system with 64 detector channels, 3-D cone beam algorithms and volume reconstruction.

At the heart of the Aquilion 64 is its superior multi-detector design, that produces high-speed, high-resolution imaging with the best low contrast resolution at the lowest dose. The Quantum detector enables the Aquilion CT scanner to acquire 64 simultaneous slices of 0.5 mm with each 400-millisecond gantry revolution. The result is precise isotropic imaging of any region of the body during a breath-hold under ten seconds.

CT Scan Patient Information Brochures

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