Usually when you undergo a CT scan, you're exposed to higher doses of radiation in order to get high quality images. But new software at Geisinger's Gray's Woods offices in State College designed to change that.
Geisinger says it allows the CT scan operator at Gray's Woods to lower the technique of the scan, which lowers the dose without reducing the quality .
New software at Geisinger will also track the number of scans a patient has undergone.
It's estimated that up to two percent of the cancers diagnosed every year in the United States could be related to exposure from CT scans.
Geisinger says it allows the CT scan operator at Gray's Woods to lower the technique of the scan, which lowers the dose without reducing the quality .
New software at Geisinger will also track the number of scans a patient has undergone.
It's estimated that up to two percent of the cancers diagnosed every year in the United States could be related to exposure from CT scans.
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