Labels:paper | reckoner | sky OCR: CT scan diagnostic test that takes pictures of an area of the body cross- sections like slices in loaf of bread X-rays are taken at various ang les, and the images are fed into computer. The computer then produces a very detailed picture of that area CT scans are more detailed than an ordinary x-ray The term CT scan and the older term CAT scan are short forms for the proper name of the test: Computerized Transaxial Tomography DONE