CT SCANS

Domain	Definition
Health	A radiographic technique for direct visualization and quantification of fat that offers high image contrast and clear separation of fat from other soft tissues. CT can estimate total body adipose tissue volume and identify regional, subcutaneous, visceral, and other adipose tissue depots. Radiation exposure, expense, and unavailability restrict the epidemiologic use of CT. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: CT SCANS

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Pictured is a proton beam from the brain during CT scans. Top view of proton beams entering head. Bright pink area is tumor. Beams are focused only in this area reducing harm to surrounding tissue. Credit: unknown photographer.
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Non-Fiction Usage: CT SCANS

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		These images are called CT scans. (references)
		MRI is better than CT scans for viewing soft tissue. (references)
		CT scans help physicians evaluate bone structures and bleeding within the skull and spine. (references)
Economic History	Mauritius	The MRI contract ($1.5 million) was awarded to GE Medical Systems while the CT Scans ($760,000) will be supplied by another U.S. company Marconi Medicals. (references)
	Mauritius	In its 2001-02 Budget, government has made provision for the payment of two CT scans, one Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine, 32 dialysis machines and one digital angiography machine. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Anagrams: CT SCANS

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	Words within the letters "a-c-c-n-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: scants.
	-2 letters: canst, cants, casts, scans, scant, scats.
	-3 letters: acts, ants, cans, cant, cast, cats, sacs, sans, scan, scat, tans, tass.
	-4 letters: act, ant, ass, can, cat, sac, sat, tan, tas.
	-5 letters: an, as, at, na, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-n-s-s-t"
	+2 letters: accusants, acescents, cosecants.
	+3 letters: accentless, desiccants, encaustics, sacrosanct, succinates, syntactics.
	+4 letters: accusations, compactness, confiscates, consecrates, consociates, constancies, crustaceans, iconoclasts, nonascetics.
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Alternative Orthography: CT SCANS

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Specialty Definition: CT SCANS