Like an MRI, a CAT scan is also a diagnostic tool to try to find out what is going on inside your body.
CAT stands for Computerized Axial Tomography.
This is an x-ray which is taken in multiple layers. Then the “film” is run through a computer program that adds all the films from all the layers and lets you see the whole picture at once. In one sense it is almost like the difference between a snapshot and a movie. The snapshot (simple x-ray) takes a one shot look. The movie (CAT scan) takes a complete, in-depth, full thickness look and thus gives much more information and more usable information.
Like the regular x-ray, this is best for looking at dense material like bone.
For your Health,
Dr Jon
