Cincinnati Children’s has five CT machines, including the ones located on Main Campus as well as at our outpatient locations. We do about 11,000 patient scans yearly in our Radiology Department. Since its debut in the 1970’s, CT has become a crucial tool in medical imaging. Below are some frequently asked questions asked about CT. Q: What is CT? A: CT stands for computed tomography. It is a machine that takes x-ray images from the body at different angles to produce cross-sectional images