Seeing Right Through You - Multidetector CT Scanners

Main Category: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine
Also Included In: MRI / PET / Ultrasound
Article Date: 05 Dec 2008 - 5:00 PST

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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.

Radiologists are taking steps to reduce the amount of radiation per scan and to eliminate unnecessary scans.

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