Helping the Dead Iraq or Afghanistan has However, since 2004, every American soldier killed in dead people's bodies been scanned. The practice of using CT scans to check by the US. Military started in Switzerland a decade ago. It was quickly adopted This has reduced the need for long and laborious autopsies. After a dead soldier's body is flown back to the U.S., their entire body is put inside a CT scanner. The CT scan results quickly show where a bullet is inside the body. It also reveals broken bones. If a soldier is caught up in a fight with the enemy. they might die from a rocket launcher, and land mine explosion or maybe their Army bullet, vehicle just rolls over, crushing them underneath. By putting the bodies through a CT scanner, the cause of death is discovered more quickly