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hello all! while listening to the television surfing the web, out of the corner of my ear, i hear about this new technology; hand held ct scanners new tech advertised on tv. i though wow! star trek is finally here! then of course i wanted to see one of them for myself and so here we are; i search and came up with all this information plus (your web site was among the search results) i saw that many of you had heard about it and wanted to find more information. so here is what i found and i am sure after a little more research i'll be able to actually find a picture of one (not hat i'll be back -iam not a medical person although my lady is a nurse and she's excited about the find. so enjoy everyone. we have arrived in the 22nd century, and spock was right; "live long and prosper!" new science tech: hand held ct scanners http://news.softpedia.com/news/infrascanner-hand-held-brain-scanner-52224.shtml equine-specialist ct scanner created 3-d images http://hoofcare.blogspot.com/2009/02/equine-specialist-handheld-ct-scanner.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2982442.stm handheld scanner 'detects cancer' most cancer scanners are bulky and expensive simply passing a handheld device over the body of a suspected cancer patient could reveal a tumour, inventors have claimed. although the hand held device, which looks a little like the metal detectors used in airports, works because different types of body tissue resonated in different ways when exposed to a fluctuating frequency of microwaves given off by the device. this resonance can be detected because it interferes with the signal. tumour tissue resonates at different frequencies to healthy tissue - so the presence of a cancer can be identified quickly. normally, a patient would have to undergo a ct or mri scan to allow doctors to spot cancer growing inside them. obviously, the device, developed at the university of bologna in italy, cannot give doctors the precise location and size of tumours - an important factor in determining treatment. in clinical trials at a hospital in milan, the scanner was able to correctly identify 93% of prostate cancer patients whose condition was later confirmed by a biopsy operation. screening tool dr carlo bellorofonte, who led the study, told new scientist magazine: "the results are amazing. "the scanner seems ideal for mass-screening of cancer because it is rapid, non-invasive and highly sensitive." a separate study of breast cancer patients showed a lower success rate - 66% of cases were detected by the device. the results have yet to be accepted for publication in a major medical journal - and the device will not find favour in hospitals elsewhere until they are. the detector was originally developed as a potential way to detect landmines. the company behind it hopes to market the device, perhaps for £20,000 a time, later this year. hand held ultrasound: http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/health/story.html?id=28bee2f9-b323-4752-817c-04341e8f8aa3 http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/1ceaa7d7-3889-4f4c-9003-991895e62419/sun0809nultra1.jpg?size=l hand held mris http://www.xent.com/pipermail/fork/2002-october/014994.html hand held devices show promise http://www.medicexchange.com/radiology/emergency-radiology-handheld-devices-show-promise.html handheld scanner detects cancer http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/3771.php star trek technology is here now! http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/science-fiction-news.asp?newsnum=1904 hope this answered some of the same questions i had, and i am sure since this is new, we will be hearing even more because this is a major technoligical breakthough! sincerely, bobby fleeks - "the music doctor" springfield city beat 1080 internet radio www.blogtalkradio.com/city-beat-city-talk