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Laura Evans, RN, CRN, is a health writer for Biology Insights covering diagnostic imaging and medical scans. She spent years caring for patients in hospital interventional radiology suites after working as a computed tomography technologist. Evans continues to work occasional per-diem nursing shifts in diagnostic radiology, assisting physicians during contrast-enhanced imaging studies and minimally invasive guided procedures.

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