Screening for disease, including cancer, can cause harm —during screening, diagnosis and treatment. With lung cancer ...

International horses not entered in the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup, or Cox Plate will now only need one mandatory pre-travel CT scan, rather than repeat scans before each Australian start ...

Researchers did X-rays and CT scans of a 1,300-year-old sheath from an island in Japan and revealed the unique blade inside, photos show. Photo from the Munakata-Okinoshima and Associated Heritage ...

A CT scan can show detailed images of any part of the body, including the bones, muscles, organs and blood vessels. CT scans can also be used for fluid or tissue biopsies, or as part of preparation ...

Medical Radiation Now Accounts for 5% of All Cancer Diagnoses, Equal to Alcohol and Obesity Computed tomography (CT) scans performed in the United States will cause approximately 103,000 future ...

CT scans fall under a group of medical tests known as diagnostic tests, or “a test used to help figure out what disease or condition a person has based on their signs and symptoms,” according to the ...

There's much more to a CT scan that meets the eye. Officially known as a computerized tomography scan to all you tech boffins out there, a CT scan is 'a type of imaging that uses X-ray techniques to ...

Sometimes, you need a separate CT scan with an added substance called “contrast.” This helps some parts of your body show up more clearly on the images. You might need to drink it as a liquid ...

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) densities assessed as CT Hounsfield units (HUs) were evaluated in a rodent model and in patients to determine whether HUs changed in relation to BAT activity. Methods: ...