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5,000-year-old ‘slag’ reveals earliest metal working processes with CT scanning method

MIT has discovered a new way to penetrate the layers of time using CT scans to uncover how the earliest civilizations of the ...
Gizmodo

Here’s What the Furby and Other Gadgets Look Like in a CT Scanner

A CT scan can help the people who make these gadgets find flaws and give the public a look at how much goes into making these seemingly “simple” devices work. Reading time 1 minute Technology has ...
The Connecticut Mirror

CT DOC pauses body scanner rollout in prisons amid concerns over their use

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. The Department of Correction has agreed to pause the introduction of electronic body scanners in state prisons after state ...
PharmiWeb

Charles University selects Mars Bioimaging’s photon-counting CT scanner to advance pioneering preclinical imaging research in Europe

New Zealand–developed spectral photon-counting CT scanner will open new frontiers in biomedical and materials research at the Center for Advanced Preclinical Imaging (CAPI); open access for ...
Norwich Bulletin

Mystic Aquarium’s new CT scanner revolutionizes aquatic animal care

Mystic Aquarium has installed a computed tomography scanner, enhancing its ability to care for aquatic animals.
People

Common Medical Scan ‘Routinely’ Delivers Excess Radiation, May Cause 36,000 Cases of Cancer a Year

The scans are estimated to cause 2% of annual cancers — but new measures could keep radiation at safer levels Solskin/Getty CT scans ‘routinely’ deliver up to three times the radiation they should, ...