More Americans are receiving computed tomography (CT) scans than ever before, and while this technology can save lives, some ...

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"CT scans are very useful, but they also have relatively high doses of radiation, when compared to X-rays," said study author Dr. Mark Pearce, an epidemiologist at Newcastle University.

A CT scan or Computerized tomography is also called a CAT (computerized axial tomography). It is essentially an X-ray procedure that combines a large number of X-ray images taken in succession.

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CT scans also have supplanted exploratory surgery, Thomason said. "When my father was a general surgeon, they took so many patients to surgery (because) they had no idea what they had wrong with ...

And whole-body CT scans expose you to much more radiation than regular CT scans. One study determined that for every 1,250 45-year-old adults who have the exam, one will die of cancer as a result.