[fun / hypothetical] CT scanner

[Solidus]

Preliminary note:

I do not plan on trying to build this, and am just posting this on a "would it work" basis. That's why I posted it in 'general electronics chat' rather than 'electronics projects'.

I have no intentions of trying to subject myself to lethal rays, and so this is just an inquisitive, fun, hypothetical post and in no way, shape or form am I going to use any knowledge gleaned to try this.

Thought that needed saying.

Anyway, a few friends and I were having a laugh discussing medical scans (I am a chem / pre-med student), and it made me wonder if it would be theoretically possible to build such a device.

Seeing as X-ray generation is a challenge of the past, I got to thinking if it would be possible to build a CT scanner.

Thus, after much googling on the notion, I found this. If you were to mount that (combined with some sort of visible light filter) and an X-ray tube in a ring and spin it around an object, would you have a crude CT scan?

Again, I have no intention of doing this, as I have no lead or shielding capability to me and so trying to do this as is would be asking for lethal or sickening doses of X-rays. As I've heard of radiation accidents involving stuff along those lines (I used to have interests in nuclear physics), I intend to leave this to the professionals, but it would serve as interesting food for thought and some cool information to impress my friends ("Hey man, I could build a CT scanner if I wanted to...") haha.