Your CT scan will take approximately one-half hour.  The technologist will help position you on a padded table, which is part of the CT scanner.  It is especially important that you do not move while the scan is being taken.  Otherwise, you may need to undergo the procedure again.  The number of pictures taken varies, according to the body part being examined.

The table you will lie on will be positioned to move inside a large ring called a gantry.  After the procedure begins, the table will move a small distance every few minutes, as a new image is taken.  You will hear sounds of gears and motors as you move through the gantry, signaling the imaging process is in operation.

An x-ray tube inside this gantry will focus a narrow beam of x-rays across a slice of your body.  Receptors, also inside the gantry, will relay x-ray information to a computer.  The x-ray tube will rotate around the body, while scanning it.

A computer will analyze the receptor’s readings and then convert this information into an image on a video screen.  A Northwest Radiology board certified physician, trained in computed tomography, will study this image and determine if more tests are needed.

Northwest Radiology has multi-slice CT for superior imaging quality and faster scanning time.

This CT provides remarkable speed and image quality in routine imaging.