then why does the CT’s I’ve had never show the compression fracture of the L 4/5, or the fact it is crumbling into my spine? MRI if done by a neurosurgeon will show it along with the annular tears, bone spurs, bulges, herniated disc, but CT’s don’t. Didn’t catch the broken rib either after my last hard belly flop fall from Meneires, bruised the entire ab wall and broke a rib. All the CT found was diverticulosis.
You may have been moving too much during the CT scan.
This is from wikipedia
“X-ray computed tomography, also computed tomography (CT scan), computed axial tomography (CAT scan) or computer assisted tomography is a medical imaging procedure that uses computer-processed X-rays to produce tomographic images or ‘slices’ of specific areas of the body. These cross-sectional images are used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in various medical disciplines.[1] Digital geometry processing is used to generate a three-dimensional image of the inside of an object from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around a single axis of rotation.[2]”
AGAIN: CT SCAN IS BASICALLY 3D XRAY PICTURE. IT MAINLY SHOWS BONE FEATURES AND SOME LIMITED SOFT TISSUE FEATURES.
If you are moving a lot during the procedure, the picture will be fuzzy though.