Seeing Right Through You - Multidetector CT Scanners

A new generation of imaging machines, called multidetector CT scanners, is making pictures of the inside of the body faster and with incredible detail. Speedy CT scanners are proving to be especially valuable in hospital emergency departments, where time is of the essence. But are we going to pay a price for all of these pictures? The cancer-inducing radiation from CT scans is much higher than that of the traditional x-ray.

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Filed under: MRI / PET / Ultrasound on December 6th, 2008