YEAR of the CAT: ; Once used only to confirm a diagnosis, the sophisticated scan is gaining popularity as a screening method for unknown problems

Charleston Daily Mail | September 5, 2000| | Copyright

DAILY MAIL HEALTH REPORTER

What if you could pop into a neighborhood clinic, lie down for 20 minutes while a technologist waves a magic wand across your body, then leave with a perfectly detailed picture of your insides? All this for about $700.

The wand doesn't exactly exude magic, just a couple of rays of ionizing radiation. But the CAT scan is one of medicine's most sophisticated ways to get clear images of the human body.

And there is a growing trend in some U.S. cities of patients requesting CAT scans as a preventive measure. The practice, most often available in outpatient preventive ...

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