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Posted 04:05 PM, May 29, 2009, by jaruizCT Scans and War
For the first time in war, CT scans are being used in autopsies according to Denise Grady of the New York Times: "Since 2004, every service man and woman killed in Iraq or Afghanistan has been given a CT scan, and since 2001, when the fighting began in Afghanistan, all have had autopsies, performed by pathologists in the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System. In previous wars, autopsies on people killed in combat were uncommon, and scans were never done." To read the full article from May 25, 2009, please access "Autopsies of War Dead Reveal Ways to Save Others" or Download file.
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