Definition for CT scan

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Computerized tomography scan, which is a technique for examining the structure and activity level of the brain without anaesthesia or surgery. An X-ray beam and a series of detectors rotate around the head, producing slices of images that are reconstructed into three-dimensional images based on differences in the density of brain tissue.