Word: scanner
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...McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., "and noticed that many came out of the MRI feeling much better than when they went in." A controlled study found that 23 of 30 bipolar subjects who had scans showed mood improvement. If larger studies confirm the effect, a tabletop version of the scanner could someday be used in doctors' offices...
...your large intestine, looking for abnormal growths that could lead to colon cancer--it's easy to see the appeal of the so-called virtual colonoscopy. The procedure is far less invasive: a small device blows air into the rectum to inflate the bowel while a C.T. scanner takes X rays. Unfortunately, the results from early virtual colonoscopies did not measure up. In some studies, they missed half the polyps that needed to be caught...
...breakthrough is in the device's space-saving design. While a normal scanner lies flat and can take up more than a square foot of desktop space, the 4670 has the footprint of a medium-size dictionary and stands at a 45° angle...
...want to get a digital image of a book or anything else too wide to wedge between the scanner and its holder, you can just lay the scanner flat on top of the object. Two buttons let you send images straight to the printer or to a free online photo album at hpphoto.com...
Available in November for $199, the ScanJet 4670 isn't the cheapest scanner in its class. Canon, Epson and even HP sell models with the same 2,400-dots-per-inch resolution and 48-bit color for $150 or less. But its breakthrough design makes it worth the splurge...