Imaging Flashcards

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What 4 densities do X-rays show you?

A

Air, Fat, Soft tissues and Bone/Contrast

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What is a CT scan?

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Essentially an X-ray, but with two beams and hundreds of detectors which spiral around the patient to produce a 3D image

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What does CT stand for?

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Computer tomography

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