Controversy about the use of scanners in the US peaked in late 2010, as travellers argued that both full-body scans and their alternative -- enhanced pat-downs -- could make Americans feel more, not less, terrorized.

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But he had hoped to attend a final training camp in the Pyrenees mountains until hospital scans revealed the full extent of his injuries.

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And scans have now revealed the full extent of the injury, meaning that he is sidelined for at least two months.

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Fourie is set to undergo further scans on his knee to find out the full extent of the injury.

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In 2008, following the pilot, Wishard Health Services, affiliated with Indiana University, opened the Healthy Aging Brain Center, where patients can receive a full diagnostic work-up, including neurological exams and brain scans.

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Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, cut its backlog of routine CT scans from 18 weeks to zero for lung cancer patients, by ensuring the scanner was used to full capacity.

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