The angiocat is an electron-beam scanner that works with complex software that makes a virtual tour through the human body possible. Lopez had her entire torso scanned. Because of her medical history, doctors looked for signs of osteoporosis, heart disease, lung and breast cancer, said Gutierrez. The entire scanning process took only 10 minutes and the results came back just as quickly. Rose also has a history of heart disease in his family.
Most people think the absence of symptoms is the absence of disease.
The idea is to catch the disease before it can become deadly, said Dr. Eisenberg. In a 3-D image of Lopez's spinal cord, Dr. Eisenberg spotted a high risk for osteoporosis. This is the age to catch this. The images of Lopez also showed her organs slice by slice. But it's in her abdomen that non-calcified gallstones were found.