TAKEPLACE: CT SCANS SET TO INCREASE

Friday, February 18, 2011

CT SCANS SET TO INCREASE

The Department of Health-funded randomised controlled trial will initially involve 4,000 people in several local authority areas undergoing computerised tomography (CT) scans of their lungs, increasing to 32,000 in total next year.

CT scans uses low-dose radiation to build a high-resolution picture of soft tissue inside the body. TELEGRAPH

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