What is a Computerized Tomography Angiogram (CT) of the Brain?
A CT of the brain scan is a special test using a computer to take pictures of your brain, blood vessels and bones through the use of x-rays. A CTAis a similar test that uses dye to help the pictures of arteries and blood vessels in your neck that travel to your brain show up better. Doctors can use CT angiogram of your brain to check blood flow through arteries and to find narrowing or blockages in your or neck or brain arteries. How is a CT/CTAperformed? If you are an outpatient: Once you have checked in at the reception area, a nurse or technologist from the CT area will come to get you. If you need an IV, you will be brought back to a private room where a nurse will ask you a few questions, answer any questions you might have, and start your IV. For the scan you will lie on a table fully dressed. You will be placed on a table that can move in and out of the CT scanner. During the scan you will need to hold as still as possible. The machine will make a humming noise. You should not w
