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With the dramatic increases in the use of CT in recent years, people are questioning whether all these tests are really necessary or whether they are just driving up health care expenses. The November 2007 issue of Consumer Reports highlighted 10 tests and treatments that the magazine said were overused, and three of them — whole-body scans, high-tech (CT) angiography, and virtual colonoscopy — involve CT.

Are providers at the tipping point with CT?