About 93 million computerized tomography scans are performed every year in the U.S., more than half of them are for people 60 and older.
Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients ...
A deep-learning algorithm has enabled ultra-low dose CT scans to diagnose pneumonia with only 2% of the radiation of standard ...
New CMS rule requires hospitals to track radiation from CT scans, sparking both praise and criticism. Learn more here.
A chest CT scan was performed on July 24, 2020, and revealed the presence of nodules in the thymic area and multiple nodules in both lungs, suggesting the possibility of recurrence and metastasis.
The Vatican also reported that the chest CT scan carried out Tuesday evening “showed a normal progression of the lung inflammation.” It said that “the mild kidney insufficiency observed in ...
Image caption, A patient is scanned at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. Every year 300,000 people are given scans using radioisotopes Every year, radiologists scan about 300,000 patients using these ...
Pope Francis remains in critical but stable condition after undergoing a CT scan on Tuesday, the Vatican announced. Vatican officials say the pope, 88, returned to work in the evening, making a ...
Computed tomography -- also known as computed axial tomography, a CT scan, or a CAT scan -- is a tool doctors use to diagnose many types of health problems. Special X-ray equipment creates images ...
Now, odontologists at the University of Gothenburg have taken this research further, looking at not only teeth but also entire skulls, by using modern computed tomography, also known as CT scans.