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 ...

For example, low-dose chest CT scans performed for lung cancer screening use lower doses than multi-phase abdominal/pelvic CT scans that are required to stage a person with pancreatic cancer.

CT angiography sensitivity ranged from 75.5–87.3%, while specificity held near 90% across scales. Sensitivity refers to how well a test finds its target, in this case, brain death.

A CT scan (also called a CAT scan) is a series of cross-sectional X-ray images of the body. Learn why a CT scan is performed and what to expect during one.

CT screening also was more cost-effective than stool testing FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — CT scans might be able to prevent more colon cancers than stool DNA tests, a new study says.

FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — CT scans might be able to prevent more colon cancers than stool DNA tests, a new study says. CT colonography performed every three to five years could ...

The woman's first CT scan was ordered after she had a consultation with the respirologist in November 2023. At that time, the paperwork for the scan indicated that it was for lung cancer screening ...

The former Hartford Civic Center will shed its XL Center name — the identity of the 16,000-seat arena since 2007 — effective immediately, as part of a multi-year naming rights agreement with a ...

House of Representatives Speaker Matt Ritter (D-Hartford) addresses the house during the first day of the legislative session on January 8, 2025. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror ...

Your scan may reveal a nodule on your lungs, but that doesn’t mean that you have cancer. Nodules are found in up to half of adults who have a chest X-ray or CT scan of the lungs. [3] But, less ...

The government will now roll out MRI scan services in 34 hospitals and CT scan services in 12 hospitals. However, patients may have to pay up to Rs 2,400 for the scan.