Your CT scan could reveal a hidden heart risk—and AI just learned how to find it Researchers from Mass General Brigham and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have developed a ...

Here the brainstem CT correctly identified 74.4% of non-cases, meaning that it also identified about 25% of non-brain-dead patients as being brain-dead. Not great.

To keep CT scan radiation doses low, Midland Memorial Hospital follows the ALARA principle: As Low As Reasonably Achievable.

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

The take-home message should not be that CT scans represent a major danger and therefore need to be avoided at all costs. CT scans represent an important diagnostic tool for many conditions.

CT scans are quick, painless, non-invasive tests that can identify everything from brain tumors to injuries from an accident. But a new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine shows ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) – Frankie Maldonado, the Director of Operations for Life Guard Imaging joins Gayle Guyardo, the host of Bloom, to share more about the difference between their CT scan and a ...

Researchers projected CT use in 2023 would lead to more than 100,000 future cancer diagnoses, and if trends continued, may account for 5% of new cases annually in the U.S., according to study ...

Deciding whether to get a CT scan is up to you. But it helps to know some context and details, and the right questions to ask your doctor.

Figure 2. Follow-up CT scan shows the abscess progressing into a larger collection. 2.3.3. Laryngoscopic Examination A fibroscopic laryngoscope revealed fullness in the left pyriform fossa, displacing ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans, which can detect everything from cancer to blood clots, may not in every case provide enough benefit to outweigh the risks of radiation exposure, a new analysis finds.

New research projects that the tens of millions of CT scans performed in the US in 2023 could result in over 100,000 cases of cancer.