New data from a long-term registry of patients undergoing PCI of a chronic total occlusion (CTO) shows that radiation dose has been decreasing over time, with newer equipment probably playing a role ...

A recently published study found that targeted radiation delivered before surgery can eradicate certain early-stage ...

Using low doses of radiation to treat the deadly inflammation of pneumonia, particularly viral pneumonia like that caused by COVID-19, was used during the first half of the 20 th century with good ...

CT is one of the most widely used diagnostic imaging tools, but accurately estimating patient radiation dose remains ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many facilities exceed recommended radiation doses for lung cancer screening CT scans. However, institutions ...

Human medical trials have begun on severely ill COVID-19 patients using low-doses of radiation. The first results on a very small group were published this week in a non-peer-reviewed journal that ...

A single dose of radiation administered during surgery is as effective for patients with early forms of breast cancer as standard radiation therapy that can take as long as six weeks, according to new ...

Radiation doses from common CT procedures vary widely and are higher than generally thought, raising concerns about increased risk for cancer, according to a new study led by UCSF imaging specialists.

Radiation-induced alopecia occurs in a dose-dependent manner and has distinctive clinical and trichoscopic features, according to a retrospective study of patients with brain tumors or head and neck ...

Routine reactor emissions pose no meaningful health risk to the US workers and population, a health physicist and a nuclear ...