CT Scans at Dupont Hospital

What is CT Scan Imaging?
Computerized tomography (CT, CT scan, CAT scan) is an X-ray technique that produces more detailed images of your internal organs than do conventional X-rays. With CT, a computer translates information from X-rays into thin sections of images or "slices" of your body at different levels.

Using CT, your doctor can make distinctions between adjacent tissues that are indistinct with conventional X-rays. For example, a plain X-ray of your abdomen might show bones and some subtle outlines of the liver, stomach, intestines, kidney and spleen. But a CT scan reveals, with clarity and precision, not only these organs but also the pancreas, adrenal glands, ureters and blood vessels.

CT can pinpoint a tumor or infection deep in the brain, abdomen or chest. A radiologist can look through a set of consecutive slices, locate a mass and estimate its dimensions. Doctors use it to guide surgery and biopsies, drain cysts and abscesses, and target radiation therapy. CT can find a clot in the brain responsible for a stroke. Because of their speed and superior visualization of soft tissue structures, CT scans are invaluable in the detection of trauma to the brain and abdomen

About Your CT Scan at Dupont Hospital
Our team will take the time to answer your questions and make you comfortable before your CT scan. You'll be asked to change into a gown for the CT scan in one of our private changing rooms with a locker. Some patients may need to drink a dye solution to ensure the best possible contrast for the images. Your family will be able to wait in our comfortable waiting area near the CT suite.

The question we're asked most often is "how did it look?" A radiologist and your physician will make a diagnosis and answer your questions regarding your scan.

A CT scan is a powerful tool that doctors rely on to make an accurate diagnosis.

Online Preregistration
If your doctor has recommended that you have a procedure and you already have an appointment scheduled at Dupont Hospital, you may pre-register online. Preregistration is easy to do. Just click on the preregistration button in the side bar at the right under "My 5-Star Community". Follow the instructions to fill out your information and click send for it to be emailed to us. You are not required to pre-register, but we offer this as an option to save you time once you arrive at the hospital.