Computed tomography (also known as a CT or CAT scan) uses a narrow beam of X-rays and high-powered computers to generate images of bones and soft-tissues in the body.

Below you will find a list of the most-common CT procedures offered at the S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center.

On each page you can find detailed information about the procedure and what to expect if you are coming for an exam.

The exams are listed by the part of the body: whole-body, head, neck, chest, heart and abdomen.

• CT Angiography
• CT Guided Biopsy
• Whole Body CT Screening

• Angiography
• Facial Bones
• Head/Brain
• Internal Auditory Canal (IAC)
• Mastoid Bones
• Sinus
• Temporal Bones

• CT Angiography
• Cervical Spine (Neck)
• Neck

• Cardiac CT Imaging
• CT Angiography
• Chest
• Chest with High Resolution
• Coronary Calcium Scan
• Lung Screening
• Thoracic Spine

• Cardiac CT Imaging
• CT Angiography
• Chest
• Chest with High Resolution
• Coronary Calcium Scan

• Abdomen
• Abdomen and Pelvis
• CT Angiography
• Colonography (Virtual Colonoscopy)
• Lumbar Spine
• Pelvis and Hip Bones