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السبت، 26 نوفمبر 2016

The Advantages Of Utilizing The Full Body Scan

By David Lee


It refers to the scanning process of the patients whole body. It is one important part when treating and diagnosing illnesses. The term for this if computed tomography technologies are used is full body CT scan. Aside from it, some other technologies for imaging are also being used when performing this scan. CT scans can be considered as one very common procedure but may have some and risks and also complications.

CT scans often result to having high exposures to radiation than the other types of imaging procedures. Usually, the result of exposure is associated with an increase of cancer risks. In the full body scan, images taken in series is done and these are images for the abdomen, heart, pelvis, and lungs of patients. The images specifically are thin and have cross sectional slice forms inside bodies. Using the computer, these slices will be reassembled, providing a detailed view to the doctors on the organs, bones, and tissues.

Full body scanners are devices which are used in this procedure of scanning. The image to be seen in the monitor may depend on the type of technology. The image may either be an image of alternate wavelength of a naked body or may be a cartoon like image of a person. The scanners can detect objects which are non metal unlike the metal detectors.

So here are the following benefits of the scans. The first one is the symptoms will make sense. These body scans generally are considered as one way which can be very helpful during the diagnosis of specific abnormalities and diseases. And also, considered as excellent aids in verifying the size, existence, and location of the tumors, detecting disorders in bones and muscles, and also aneurysms or other injury types.

However, scientific evidences on the demonstration of the computed tomography scans are not yet proven for detecting the diseases. So therefore, an administration for the food and drugs did not approve it yet to become the general tool to be used in screening. Another information of detection that the scan will be able to tell is a calcium amount inside arteries.

With this information, the doctor can tell about the arterial calcification's which will indicate if a person has a cardiovascular disease. But to be able to know this, paying for the expensive CT scan is not needed anymore. You may only have to undergo a coronary calcium or heart scan which are both less expensive than the CT scans. Computed tomography scans are also said to be effective for colon and lung cancer detection, but further researches are needed.

However, these technologies may also have some disadvantages. One is cannot tell some common problems for the health such diabetes and hypertension. The technology will not also look at the legs, feet, or head. And so if you have problems on those parts, it cannot be determined. And lastly, this is not considered as reliable compared to traditional techniques of screening such as finding cervical and breast cancer.

The results are faulty as well. Sometimes, lesions and also growth are detected that are not considered as dangers to health such as scar tissues. Through this, there is a need to have further testings because of unclear results.

The results are sometimes negative. At times, there are clean results, meaning, health problems are not detected. This is similar to common diseases which are not detected like the small cancer tumors or hypertension.




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