By the time Mellinger arrived at Landstuhl, the doctors already had a thick file with his medical records, including x-rays and a CT scan.
This new system, as with a traditional CAT scan, uses X-rays shot from multiple angles, and assembled into one three-dimensional image by a computer.
An X-ray revealed broken ribs but a scan to check his spleen was not conducted and he died hours later.
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"The initial test that he took gave us some cause for concern, so we sent him back for a CAT scan and a weight bearing x-ray, " Girardi said.
An initial x-ray showed no signs of damage but an MRI scan revealed a muscle rupture in her left foot.
Additionally, I have a chest x-ray every six months or so and a yearly CT scan.
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An X-ray showed that he had pneumonia, and a CT scan revealed something even scarier: His right lung was filled with a thick, gelatinous fluid.
It's said the process is similar to how a CT scan functions, but uses visible light instead of X-rays.
Had I waited for the cost of a CT screening to come down, chosen the cheaper X-Ray alternative or just done nothing in the hope that I could save enough money to afford the scan, I would have been dead long before the free market got around to accommodating my personal budgetary issues.
It just means that all machines that scan your body will display a generic stick figure body to TSA security agents rather than the X-ray nudie shot, seen at right.
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