Word: hightech
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Although Japanese hospitals are sometimes endowed with the latest hightech equipment, they often lack the trained personnel to use it. Japan has 2,500 computerized axial tomography (CAT) scanners, sophisticated X-ray devices that reveal detailed cross-sectional views of the body. Yet there are only 1,500 radiologists in the country to handle the machines. By contrast, the U.S. has about 2,800 CAT scanners, but more than 12,000 specialists are qualified to use them...