CT scanners
Medical imaging machines
CT scanners are medical imaging machines that use X-rays and computer processing to create detailed cross-sectional images of the body's interior.
CT stands for computed tomography.
The technology revolutionized diagnostic medicine by allowing doctors to see internal structures—bones, organs, tumors—without surgery: The CT scanner revealed a small mass on her lung.
- gantryOverhead spanning framework
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
- cancer detectionIdentifying malignant tumors
- tomographyImaging via cross-sections
- collimatorParallel ray producer
cooling systems · cross-section · 3D imaging · scan · breath hold · MRI · trauma assessment · emergency room · dye · barium swallow · mammography · ionizing radiation · lead apron · medical imaging · hospital · waiting room · tumor · radiology
- capital equipmentmachinery, heavy equipment, factories, generators, turbines
- X-ray equipmentx-ray machines, x-ray film, computed tomography, collimators, cassettes
- hospital facilitiesemergency rooms, ICUs, operating rooms, patient rooms, surgical suites
- critical systemsavionics, flight control, pacemakers, life support, nuclear reactors
- electrical equipmentelectric motors, transformer, transformers, generators, circuit breaker
- nuclear applicationsnuclear medicine, nuclear power, nuclear reactors, radiation therapy, PET scans
CT scannersMRI scanners
Magnetic resonance imaging equipment
MRI machines · magnetic resonance imaging · ultrasound · sonography · PET scanners
CT scannersphysical examination
Medical evaluation of body
palpation · auscultation · visual inspection · blood tests · biopsy