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