After receiving a single scan, Ms. Moritz tried to cancel the contract, but the medical provider said it "had already been paid in full by CareCredit" and couldn't reverse the charge, according to court records filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago.

WSJ: Is Your Doctor Pushing Credit Cards?

Andrea Dean found out about the pregnancy when Ms Jenkins posted images of a scan on Facebook.

BBC: Andrea and Christopher Dean

Mr Neale continued to reassure Ms Wright-Hogeland that she was fit and well, until an ultrasound scan revealed a cystic mass in her abdomen.

BBC: Richard Neale

Yet while this quiet tale of missed opportunities might scan as tragic in the hands of, say, William Trevor, Ms Simpson succeeds only in making it exceptionally dull.

ECONOMIST: New fiction

Ms Gibson said there are signs of walls and buildings under the earth on the site and a detailed scan of the farmland is to take place this summer by a Swedish company.

BBC: Land where the princes' palace is believed to have stood

In addition to being able to scan images onto the included SD memory card, the scanner accepts other popular memory cards (SD, MS, MS Pro, MMS, XD) and can also be connected directly to either a Mac or PC computer via its mini-USB port.

ENGADGET: Pandigital Personal Photo Scanner/Converter cuts the cable, writes to memory cards