andlt;strongandgt;MODEL RELEASEDandlt;/strongandgt;. andlt;strongandgt;CT scanningandlt;/strongandgt;. Patient undergoing aCT scan. Computed tomography (CT) is a diagnostictechnique that sends small doses of X-rays throughthe body at different angles to producecross-sectional images of the area scanned. Thepatient, and the bed on which she is lying, ispassed through the scanner. A computer compilesthe X-ray data into multiple imageslices. CT scans are widely used to locatetumours, as they are good at distinguishing softtissue from bone.
