Computed Tomography (CT) Scans
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.
Whole Body
Head
- CT Brain Angiography
- Facial Bones
- Head/Brain
- Internal Auditory Canal (IAC)
- Mandible/Maxilla
- Mastoid Bones
- Sinus
- Temporal Bones
Neck
Chest
- Cardiac CT Imaging
- CT Angiography
- High Resolution Chest
- Coronary calcium scan
Lung Screening- Thoracic Spine
Heart
Abdomen
- Abdomen
- Abdomen and Pelvis
- CT Angiography
- Colonography (Virtual Colonoscopy)
- CT Enterography
- Lumbar Spine
- Pelvis and Hip Bones
