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...process works like this: a CT scan produces a 3-D image of the patient's jaw. That picture is sent to a lab, where the bridge is created along with the surgical guide. Everything needed for surgery goes back to the doctor in a kit, and the entire operation is planned beforehand, using the CT scan...
...Tuesday, Dr. Richard Ma, who examined Pring-Wilson the morning after his arrest when he complained of a headache, testified that the defendant’s CT scan was normal, but that Pring-Wilson had a bump on the head and a possible concussion...
That night at home, Freilich studied his friend's X rays. Clients of Total Health Screening, in Sydney's east, are scanned from head to pelvis by a $A1.4 million computed tomography (CT) machine. A procedure that takes about 40 sec. produces 870 images of the internal organs. Freilich analyzes the images for signs of illness, specifically heart disease, spinal abnormalities and cancer. One X ray of Don's left kidney stunned Freilich. "What the hell is that?" he said aloud. Freilich had spotted a tumor that, at the press of a key, he measured at an enormous...
...scan quite possibly saved his life. Freilich is convinced he has helped save many others in the past two years. So what do health authorities think of precautionary whole-body CT scans? They'd be all for them, right? Wrong. In fact, numerous medical bodies oppose them, and the New South Wales government, which recently brought down stringent regulations for operators, shares their skepticism. Partly as a result, Total Health Screening is the only place in the state (indeed, in Australia or New Zealand) known still to be offering the service. Business is slow, raising the possibility that whole-body...
After hearing that Pring-Wilson had lost consciousness during the incident, Ma said he ordered a computed tomography (CT) scan of Pring-Wilson’s head, which turned up negative, indicating that Pring-Wilson did not suffer an internal head injury...