What is the scanning for Tomography computerized (TC)?

The term " tomography computarizada ", or TC, refers to a procedure computarizado of images for X-rays in that a narrow bundle of X-rays is projected to a patient and is turned rapidly about the body, producing indicate that they are processed by the computer of the machine to generate transverse images or "cut" - of the body. These cuts are called images tomográficas and contain information more detailed than the conventional X-rays. As soon as the computer of the machine gathers several successive cuts, "they" can "be "piled up" digitalmente to form a three-dimensional image of the patient who allows easier the identification and location of you them were structuring basic, as well as of possible tumors or abnormalities.