1.   The original contracts included a commitment to update body scanners free of charge.

2.   Campaigns for diagnostic technology like CT whole body scanners are often premised on the assumption that earlier diagnosis will lead to an improved outcome for patients.

3.   Instead it is like some kind of wall-hung body scanner.

4.   A HI-TECH body scanner, believed to be the first of its kind in the North-East, scans its first patient next month.

5.   Good business planning could have helped Darlington win its bid for a body scanner, a senior hospital official said this week.

6.   North Tees and South Tyneside get identical whole body scanners, which are used to diagnose a wide range of injuries and disorders including cancer.

7.   Mr Humphreys also drew attention to the installation of a new magnetic body scanner at the Yarm Road Industrial Estate in Darlington.

8.   HEALTH watchdogs yesterday welcomed news of a vital body scanner soon to be installed at Darlington Memorial Hospital.