Go in there and get it and get out. Doctors can now do a rapid CT scan to diagnose problems in patients who have difficulty lying still. Many are quite sick, and as a result it keeps them on the table less time. The older CT scans, sometimes called CAT scans, had only one image detector. The new machine has four.
More detectors also result in better images.
Tumors of the chest, suspected strokes, sinus disease, patients with abnormalities of the spine, lumbar or cervical disk disease. Thirty second CT scans will benefit young children and other patients who might move while the images are being taken. In the future, the quick scan method may be used for angiograms, which detect blood vessel problems such as blockages and aneurysms. Next month, Neiman Marcus is going to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of its world's famous catalog. Tell us what it was.