Computer tomography (CT): cancer diagnostics in the Cyber Clinic of Spizhenko.

Computer tomography (CT) in the centre of oncology and radiosurgery “Cyber Clinic of Spizhenko”—CyberKnife Ukraine allows to see diagnostics of oncological diseases from the new angle—we make medicine precise and pain-free.

Kinds of services of computer tomography in Cyber Clinic of Spizhenko:

• 1. Registration of physical and juridical individuals onto the computer tomography;
• 2. Computer tomography is possible to receive at the day of request;
• 3. All the types of computer tomography;
• 4. The most modern computer tomograph

What for the computer tomography (CT) is used?
Computer tomography (CT) is used to achieve some certain aims:

• 1. To define or confirm the tumor presence;
• 2. To provide the information about the size and location of tumor;
• 3. To conduct the biopsy (elimination of cells or tissues in order to examine them under the microscope);
• 4. To make the plan for the radiosurgical treatment by the CyberKnife G4 system;
• 5. To define whether the tumor treatment was effective or not.

On our web-site you may register for any kind of computer tomography examination, and also for diverse types of diagnostic examinations—computer tomography; magnetic-resonance imaging and oncoscreening.

On the web-site of Cyber Clinic of Spizhenko you may not only register for all the types of CT-examinations, but also you will find information about computer tomography types, kinds of tomographs, peculiarities of conducted computer tomographies and preparations to CT.

We have placed such information specially for those patients who need the computer tomography examination.

In this chapter about the computer tomography you may find answers for the majority of questions which may appear before the computer tomography examination.

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Main methods in computer tomography (CT):

• 1. Computer tomography (CT) belongs to the procedure of cancer diagnostics which uses special X-rays. Computer tomography is the equipment for receiving of sectioned body image.
• 2. In cancer diagnostics CT is used for tumors detection in order to plan the information about scopes of this disease in 3-D format, which would be a help in treatment planning, therefore, defining the possibility of cancer treatment in each particular case.
• 3. Computer tomography (CT) uses a little bit more of radiation than X-ray examination; however, the results usually outweigh the risks.
• 4. Computer tomography (CT) of the whole body allows to create the 3-D image of the whole body.

What is the computer tomography (CT)?

Computer tomography (CT) is one of the methods of cancer diagnostics which uses the special X-ray equipment to receive the images of sectioned body. Acquiring of any X-ray image is based on the diverse density of organs and tissues, through which the X-rays go. This procedure is called computer tomography or computer axial tomography (CAT).

Recommendations for computer tomography usage:

• 1. In Cyber Clinic of Spizhenko computer tomography is mainly used for creation of treatment plan by radiosurgical system CyberKnife G4.
• 2. As screening test—screening—overview, in medicine it is used in order to eliminate potentially serious diagnosis in groups of risk.

Computer tomography is frequently used in the following cases:

• Head pains;
• Traumas of head which are not accompanied by the consciousness loss;
• Faint;
• Elimination of lung cancer.

For the diagnostics on urgent indications—urgent computer tomography

• Hard traumas;
• Suspicion on cranial bleeding;
• Suspicion on vessel damage (aorta aneurism)

Computer tomography for planned diagnostics:

• The majority of CT examinations is done in the planned order for the final confirmation of diagnosis. As a rule, before the computer tomography examination the simpler examinations are conducted—X-rays, ultrasound examination, analyses etc.
• Computer tomography is performed for the control of treatment results.
• Computer tomography is used for conducting of treating and diagnostic manipulations, for example, puncture before the computer tomography for control of results.

Which services with computer tomography (CT) are available in the centre of oncology and radiosurgery Cyber Clinic of Spizhenko—Centre CyberKnife Ukraine.

Types of computer tomography (CT with intravenous contrasting substance):

• CT of brain;
• CT of hypophysis;
• CT of chest;
• CT of lungs;
• CT of mediastinum;
• CT of heart and coronary vessels—virtual coronarography;
• CT of abdominal cavity;
• CT of liver;
• CT of pancreas;
• CT of kidneys;
• CT of epinephros (adrenal gland);
• CT of colon—virtual colonoscopy;
• CT of organs of small pelvis;
• CT of spine;
• CT of pelvis bones;
• CT of vessels;
• CT of facial skeleton;
• Dental program.

For successive and efficient usage of CT it is required to pay attention to the recommendations and contra-indications, effectiveness of the method in each specific case, to keep to the algorithm, based on the principle “from simple to complex”.

Computer tomography should be prescribed by the doctor with taking into account the clinician data and all the previous examinations of the patient (in the row of cases you might need the previous X-ray examination or ultrasound examination). Such an approach allows to detect the field of interest, to make examination directed, to omit conducting of examinations without prescriptions, and to lower the dose of radiation load.

In our department of radial diagnostics there are the following examinations:

• CT of brain;
• CT of nasopharynx;
• CT of temporal bones;
• Ct of chest organs;
• CT of abdominal cavity organs;
• CT of pancreas;
• CT of kidneys;
• CT of epinephros (adrenal gland);
• CT of small pelvis organs;
• CT of spine disks;
• CT of bones;
• CT of vessels.

What a patient may wait for during the diagnostics with the help of computer tomography (CT)?

During the cancer diagnostics with the help of computer tomography (CT) a patient lies motionless on the couch. This couch slowly goes through the centre of a large X-ray apparatus. A patient may hear rustle of the sounds during the procedure. Probably, the clinician would propose the patient stop his/her breath for some seconds in order to omit the diffusion of the image.

Frequently, the contrasting substance or “contrast” is injected into the patient’s vein. The contrasting substance (contrast) highlights the concrete areas inside the body in order to get the sharpened image.

Computer tomography during the scanning process provokes no pains. The duration of the examination depends on the size of the tumor; CT may last from 15 minutes till 1 hour.