The amber was subjected to CT scanning, where they saw the picture above.
So my friend in Vermont packed up all my stuff since I am too frail to do it and other new friends drove it to CT and put it in a storage unit for me, where it still sits.
Before leaving the hospital, the nurse went to take him to the CT Suite for a brain scan.
But the fact that centers were able to use at least one radiation-reduction technique in most patients "should serve as a wake-up call to cardiac CT laboratories that do not routinely use these methods, " Einstein writes in his editorial.
After a series of short charges and a series of drives in a Model S (the very same car we tested, we would add), Broder ultimately ran out of juice and was left stranded, having to tow the car from Branford, CT to the nearest Supercharger, this one in Milford -- about 25 miles away.
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After a series of short charges and a series of drives in a Model S (the very same car we tested, we would add), Broder ultimately ran out of juice and was left stranded, having to tow the car from Brannford, CT to the nearest Supercharger, this one in Milford -- about 25 miles away.
Dr. GERBER: The images are so gorgeous, and the temptation to look at the heart arteries is so great, that we expect the use of cardiac CT to rise fairly steeply.
After suffering from severe stomach pains, he was sent to have a CT scan at Ninewells Hospital.
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For example, a patient complaining of a migraine in a standard practice is likely to have a CT Scan ordered.
Patients are five times as likely to receive a CT scan in the U.S. as in the U.K., said Dr. Craft.
It's said the process is similar to how a CT scan functions, but uses visible light instead of X-rays.
It is only a few months since the snap decision was made to create two new companies to compete with CT and its main rival, Unicom.
At this time, Thomas says, the Cleveland Clinic's heart surgeons are unlikely to accept a CT angiogram over the old-fashioned, invasive kind as a roadmap for an operation.
Since 2004, the National Cancer Institute has been conducting trials to see if CT scans (and standard chest X-rays) can reduce mortality in smokers by detecting lung cancer early.
The American College of Radiology is sponsoring a national Dose Index Registry to allow providers to compare their CT doses against national benchmarks, and is a lead sponsor of Image Wisely, a safety campaign.
The team hopes that calculations from virtual patients will help guide doctors in targeting tumors or making clinical decisions, like figuring out if the benefits to the mother in getting a CT scan outweigh the risks to the fetus.
Verghese first complaint is that being overly dependent on machines leads patients to get too much radiation from CT scans and also leads physicians to miss things they should have notice.
He seemed to have developed an infection, but our X-rays and CT scans failed to turn up a source.
Islanders have until 4 April to take part in the consultation by the Environment Department, and CT Plus hopes to make the changes on 13 May.
The good news is that there is also a CT scan available to detect fatty deposits that constitute soft plaque, called a Coronary CT Angiography (CTA).
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The only way to determine the cause of stroke at present is for the patient to have an MRI or CT scan, both of which can take up valuable time in hospital when every second counts to keep brain damage to a minimum.
Biopsy can now be done with a needle through the skin using CT imaging to guide the needle.
Using the CT images to guide them, the conservators have detailed the contents of the urns and made the finds stable.
In the late 1980s computer-aided techniques used data from CT scans to mold the radiation beams to the shape of the prostate.
In Dr. Xu's lab, virtual patients are exposed to virtual radiation in doses similar to that of a CT scan or cancer-radiation treatment.
The final study looked at whether patients with a particular form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma should have regular CT scans to detect relapses after they finish treatment.
They also discovered that only two hospitals in the country gave CT scans to patients being considered for curative treatment within the recommended time of two weeks.
The technique, called Image Guided Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Treatment uses imaging provided by a CT scan to target the tumour before a powerful but precisely shaped radiation dose is administered.
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