Agriculture and Forestry applications
- CT Scan is used to scan the details of growth rings on live trees.
- It is also used to detect decays by using a portable X-Ray CT scanner.
- Moreover, it is used to monitor tree trunks or log in timber and lumbar industry.
- The CT scanner is also used to analyze segments of a trunk without the need to cut it into smallpieces.
- CT scanners were used to analyze wood density, measure water content, detect resin pockets and spiral grain as well as knots and branches.
Industrial applications
- CT scan use for industrial metrology and the validation of products made from plastics or other low-density materials.
- Manufacturers can literally see inside their products to identify design issues and production discrepancies
- Ensure lot-to-lot consistency and derive highly accurate and detailed measurements of internal components.
Veterinary Medicine applications
- Nasal/sinus disease- helps differentiate neoplasia from rhinitis and guides biopsy.
- Musculoskeletal soft tissue tumors- accurately shows the tumor margins for surgical and radiation planning.
- Middle/inner ear evaluation- determines the need for bulla osteotomy.
- Skull trauma- increased sensitivity for fracture identification and brain hemorrhage.
- Elbows- allows diagnosis of MCP fragment.
- Evaluate for lumbosacral disc herniation/ degeneration.
- Thoracic met checks- more sensitive than radiographs.
- Evaluate mediastinal and lung masses- enhances surgical planning by evaluating the extent of vascular invasion and screens for hilar metastasis.
- Evaluate for pituitary macroadenomas- present in ~10% of pituitary dependent hyperadrenocorticism cases.
- Brain scans- allows visualization of most brain tumors, but much less sensitive than MRI for tumors, inflammatory, and vascular conditions.
- Ureter Evaluation- diagnosis of ectopic ureters and ureteral stones.
- Hepatoma - a condition where there is a cancer of the cells of the liver.
Clinical and Medical applications
- CT Coronary Angiogram- to visualize the vascular structure of the heart which allows physician to detect stenosis and plaque. Also enable physicians to examine the dynamic motion of muscles and detect abnormalities
- coronary artery calcification(CAC)
- coronary artery imaging (CAI)
- CT Fluoroscopy - provides a very detailed anatomical information which is near-real-time feedback to the operator.
- CT Perfusion- provides image for a particular areaand show whether it has been supplied with blood adequately. normally in brain to treat strokes.
- Screening CT
- lung cancer screening - a low-dose applied to detect a small noncalcified nodules.
- CT colonography - a colorectal cancer screening, examination of the colon.
- CT and its application in cancer.
- To detect abnormal growths
- To help diagnose the presence of a tumor
- To provide information about the stage of a cancer
- To determine exactly where to perform (i.e., guide) a biopsy procedure
- To guide certain local treatments, such as cryotherapy, radiofrequency ablation, and the implantation of radioactive seeds
- To help plan external-beam radiation therapy or surgery
- To determine whether a cancer is responding to treatment
- To detect recurrence of a tumor.
References and credits to:
Quality MagazineNational Cancer Institute
Vetmedimaging
radiologyinfo.org
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