Doctors can use CT scans to diagnose kidney cancer. A CT scan combines data from a consecutive series of X-rays to produce high resolution images. Alongside assisting with the diagnosis of kidney ...

Routinely reformatting computed tomography (CT) scans ... data to view an organ from the front. Called the coronal plane, this is similar to the way an X-ray looks. Another view, the sagittal ...

A simple CT enhancement measure is able to differentiate a benign form of kidney cancer from an occasionally ... of brightness of the tumor on the CT scan compared to the brightness of the cortex ...

In a 2020 review, researchers found evidence among high quality studies that low dose radiation CT scans do not increase cancer risk. If you go to an emergency room with symptoms of a kidney stone ...

A simple urine test could accurately show the recurrence of kidney cancer at an early stage ... the only way to monitor patients is through a scan—usually a CT scan—every six to 12 months ...

Since blood tests and CT scans are already part of standard cancer care, the researchers focused on identifying early signs of kidney damage within this routinely collected data. They found that ...

CHICAGO – A single 15-minute CT scan may be all it takes to find tiny ... as well as detecting bladder cancer, kidney and bladder stones, and kidney cysts and cancers. And, they will show ...

CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening ... scans increases cancer risk. But, since 2007, use of the imaging technique has surged 35%, the study says ...

To diagnose painful kidney stones in hospital emergency rooms, CT scans are no better than less-often-used ultrasound exams, according to a clinical study conducted at 15 medical centers. Unlike ...