On Nov 4, 8:11 am, harry wrote:
On Nov 3, 9:59 pm, "dennis@home" wrote:

"John Rumm" wrote in message

news:GvudnUN7neINZi_TnZ2dnUVZ8lednZ2d@brightview. co.uk...

Most CAT scans are MRI these days, and not ionising at all.

I think you will find cat scans are not the same as mri.
Cat scans are good for bones and dyes, mri is good for soft tissue and not
so good for bones (no water) and doesn't know what a dye is.

CAT
Computer Automated Tomography.

Axial

Just refers to how the data obtained is processed.
It can be Xray or Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

and each produces different results with different applications...
- both are scans that aid diagnosis of illnesses...

Jim K