CT scan
Americannoun
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Why must we wait two hours for a 10-minute CT scan?
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
A CT scan later revealed brain inflammation, and on 12 September she was diagnosed with viral encephalitis.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Police provided the university's Face Lab team with photographs, a post-mortem report, a forensic dental report and a CT scan, which the specialists then used to create a 3D model with medical imaging software.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
My wife of 42 years and I spent Feb. 14 this year in a hospital’s emergency room for what turned out to be a negative CT scan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
The hospital staff thought she meant she needed a CT scan or a blood test, but she meant a test for school.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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