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ICT is used largely in hospitals there are CAT scanners, MRI scanners and Ultrasounds to name a few. CAT (Computed Axial Tomography) scans originally were known as EMI scans and also can be known as CT scans. A CAT scan is when you are placed on a bed, the bed then moves and lots of x-rays are taken of you in seconds, slices of your body are in these photos, which can then be studied by a doctor, this is called tomography. There are many types of CT such as: * Electron Beam CT * Helical or Spiral CT * Multislice CT * Dual Source CT * 256+ Slice CT * Inverse geometry CT All of these types of scans are third generation, third generation is obviously the third generation of CT scanners developed, there are five generations that are widely known and third generation is the one most commonly used. It has 256-1000 detectors,...
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