Computerized Tomography or CT, requires the patient to travel through a rotating ring of very thin x-ray beams. These images are collected and displayed on a screen and with the use of a computer, the images are manipulated and evaluated, sometimes in three dimension. CT scans use an X-ray unit that rotates around your body, creating cross-sectional images, like slices, of the inside of your body.

Spencer Hospital's state-of-the-art CT scanner provides technology that allows the hospital to offer tests that other CT scanner do not have the speed or capability to perform, such as cardiac calcium scoring to determine an individuals risk for heart disease.