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Instead, positron emission tomography, known as PET scans, should be studied further and Medicare coverage extended only to older patients participating in clinical trials examining their usefulness, the federal agency recommended in a preliminary decision.

The guidelines, which have no binding force, suggest that scans should be considered for patients with Alzheimer's-type symptoms but "an unclear clinical presentation"; those who develop dementia symptoms before age 65; and those with "persistent" mild cognitive impairment, a condition that often precedes Alzheimer's.

Researchers say the results do not mean that CT scans should be avoided entirely — they can be vitally important in certain situations, like diagnosing severe head injuries — but that the test should be performed only when necessary, and with the lowest possible dose of radiation.

If specific accredited acquisition and reconstruction parameters are required (all follow-up scans should be acquired and reconstructed identically), all scans should be checked against the required parameters.

The practice of routinely ordering brain CT scans should be reconsidered.

Contrast-enhanced scans should be acquired cranio-caudally, with thin collimation (0.625 mm).

Paper ballots, after they have been scanned, should be guarded like gold in Fort Knox.

A CT scan should be considered for these possibly life-threatening headaches.

Initial scanning should be done on the precinct level to minimize error before results are sent to the local board of elections.

When assessing change in aortic diameter, previous CT-scans should be reviewed simultaneously as a routine to exclude interobserver variability.

CT scanning should be obtained in patients in stable condition.