The computer manipulates x-rays to produce detailed images of the body
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A hi-tech scanning suite is being installed on Sunday at Peterborough District Hospital, in Cambridgeshire.
The seven block suite will house a new £500,000 scanner to replace the current one and provide a waiting area.
The computerised tomography (CT) scanner uses x-rays to look closely inside the soft tissue of the body.
Funded by a National Lottery grant the scanner enables a variety of images to be taken and will considerably reduce waiting times.
It takes images from different angles around the body and a computer then processes the images to show a cross-section of tissues and organs.
The installation means that Alderman Drive will be closed to traffic between Thorpe Road and Percival Street but is still accessible on foot.
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