pro_junior Report This Comment Date: August 31, 2007 01:01AM
Gross Anatomy
The world’s fastest body scanner sees it all
Not so long ago, a detailed view of the body’s delicate innards required two
things: a cadaver and a scalpel. Today, high-powered rotating x-ray machines can
visualize bones, organs and blood vessels down to 0.4 millimeter in just
seconds, death not required. One such machine is the new $2.3-million Somatom
Definition scanner, developed by Siemens and set to debut in the U.S. this
spring. It generated this vivid scan of a 65-year-old heart patient in just 17
seconds. Doctors used the images to rule out arterial blockage, saving the
patient a trip to the operating room
shaDEz Report This Comment Date: August 31, 2007 02:46AM
huh huh... siemen