Type
CT Scan
Duration
20 min
A CT scan of the chest that images the lungs, airways, mediastinum, heart contour and chest wall in fine detail. Within Altoa's oncology cancer-screening programs, CT chest is offered as an add-on to extend lung and thoracic assessment beyond the standard chest X-ray. CT uses X-rays and computer reconstruction for fast, high-resolution thoracic imaging; Altoa books and escorts you to an accredited partner facility, with a radiologist issuing the written report.
About this treatment
CT of the chest produces detailed cross-sectional images of the lungs, bronchi, mediastinum, pleura, heart contour, great vessels and chest wall, with far greater sensitivity for lung nodules and parenchymal disease than a plain chest X-ray. It is requested to characterise nodules, investigate cough, breathlessness or abnormal X-ray findings, screen higher-risk individuals for lung cancer, and assess the thoracic component of a cancer work-up. In Altoa's…
Good to know
- Region
- Lungs, airways, mediastinum
- Sensitivity
- Detects nodules X-ray misses
- Add-on within
- Oncology screening programs
- Radiation
- Ionising (low-dose where suitable)
Who is this for?
Clients needing detailed lung and thoracic imaging or extending an oncology screen beyond chest X-ray.
Preparation required
Bring your referral and prior chest imaging. Disclose pregnancy, contrast allergy or kidney impairment if contrast is planned.
About the clinic
Reviews, team and credentials
Independent review links and clinic-reported team information.
Clinical team
Imaging is requested and reviewed by partner-facility radiologists and the referring specialist Altoa coordinates the patient to. The clinic's professional guarantor is MUDr. Ondřej Beneš, an internal-medicine physician who oversees ALTOA's medical standards. Scans are performed at accredited partner hospitals (Nemocnice Hořovice / AKESO, Rehabilitační nemocnice Beroun and the Multiscan oncology-radiology centre in…
Clinic-reported credentials
Languages: Czech, English, Arabic, Russian, German
From 2 500 Kč per CT chest examination coordinated through Altoa. Recurs as an optional add-on within the oncology cancer-screening programs (alongside CT abdomen and pelvis). Includes booking, coordinator escort and free parking; performed at a contracted partner facility.