CT scan
Computed tomography
Crossing Rivers Health performs the following types of Computed Tomography (CT) scans at the Medical Center in Prairie du Chien:
- Abdominal and pelvic evaluation
- Chest
- Lung cancer screening
- Oncology follow-up
- Orthopedic
- Pulmonary emboli studies
- Soft tissue neck and vascular studies
- Stroke evaluation
- Trauma evaluation
The Prime 80 Toshiba CT scanner is faster in both the acquisition of a CT scan as well as the processing of the images. An estimated reduction in radiation dose is approximately 40% over other CT scanners.