Doctors use a particular type of imaging machine called a CT (also known as CAT) scan to examine the internal aspects of your body. A CT scan stands for a computed axial tomography imaging machine. A man named Godfrey Hounsfield and a psychist named Allan Cormack were the first people to develop a prototype of a CT scan (CT Scan: Computed Axial Tomography (CAT) Scan). The first prototype was supposed to scan the head of the body, but it evolved into scanning the whole body (CT Scan: Computed Axial Tomography (CAT) Scan). Through beams of x-ray radiation, cross-sectional images will display a 3-D form of your body including your organs and any anomalies. A computed axial computer will then demonstrate a “sophisticated mathematical technique to construct a 2D image slice of the patient.” (Computed Tomography (CT). By learning about CT scans, we can explore the overall function, the history, the evolution, and the criticism behind the use of CT scans. It’s essential to understand the machines that doctors use because as citizens, we pay an unusually high amount of money towards medical bills.
The first CT scan was conducted on “1st October 1971 at Atkinson Morley's Hospital, in London, England.” (A brief history of CT). CT scans are a revolutionary advancement in the medical field. Not only did it improve the overall correct diagnosis of illnesses, but it also sped up the time needed to diagnosis patients. With advanced technology, the CT scan has improved its overall function of patient comfort, image resolution, and time efficiency. State of the art Engineers has been working to improve the durability of CT scans to withstand earthquakes because CT scans are so expensive to build over and over again. There has been an immense improvement in the technology involved with CT scans. Currently, the CT scan delivers images in 5-10 seconds. This is wonderful for emergency patients, “In an emergency room, patients can be scanned so...