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Body Scan Imaging Technical Advances

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era of managed care, insurers complaints over the cost of the use of imaging technology formerly prevented many patients from gaining the benefits that such imaging application could have meant  for them. That scenario is changing in todays health care environment, however. Advanced imaging techniques of MRI, PET, CT and other imaging applications have worked to help lower  the total cost of care on a per-patient basis in many instances. Though insurers still complain about the cost of each use of any one of these imaging technologies,  they also now realize that an $800 MRI scan can avoid many thousands of dollars worth of trial-and-error treatment. With third-party payers being  less opposed to the use of todays imaging technologies, health care facilities have greater freedom to use them. This in turn equates to more rapid cost recovery of the  machinery and stronger business cases for the addition of other units with more advanced capabilities. Imaging Types Of course there are many, many  types of applications in which imaging techniques are used. A neurologist may order an MRI to look for nerve damage, while an emergency room physician may request a CT  scan to determine whether an emergency room patient has suffered a heart attack. Existing technologies do not necessarily compete with each other. They complement and aid in total  patient care. The National Cancer Institute provides an excellent, concise overview of the use of the various imaging technologies in use today, noting  that while there have been huge advances just in the past decade, the basic technologies have not changed since the 1960s and 1970s. Of course the first imaging technology