CT scans, a go-to for diagnosing everything from tumors to infections to bone fractures, are facing increased scrutiny. Experts say the radiation doses they deliver can vary dramatically — and ...

Radiation from overused CT scans may be responsible for up to 2% of all cancers annually in the U.S. The radiation dose can ...

By integrating spirometry with low-dose CT scans, physicians at Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System are identifying serious lung conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

With celebrities singing the praises of full-body MRI scans, a growing number of people are coughing up the cash for ...

A medical test used to detect cancer may actually be contributing to the disease, research suggests. Computerized tomography (CT) scans use X-rays to create detailed images of the body and are ...

A new CT-scan based risk score facilitates the identification of patients at risk of revision endoscopic sinus surgery due to ...

Therefore, Dr. Klug and colleagues sought to test the denoising capabilities of a deep learning algorithm on ultra-low-dose CT scans. From September 2020 to December 2022, 54 immunocompromised ...

A simple urine test could accurately show the recurrence of kidney cancer at an early stage, potentially sparing patients invasive scans and enabling faster access to treatment, new research has shown ...

Most had their kidney completely removed. All patients continued to have CT scans as standard monitoring after surgery, alongside a urine test every three months. Each urine sample was analyzed ...

The annual incidence of cardiac sarcoidosis is low, but increased awareness of this inflammatory condition has led to earlier ...