Norton Clark Hospital has opened a newly renovated cardiac catheterization (cath) lab and unveiled a new CT scanner with ...

In radiation therapy, precision can save lives. Oncologists must carefully map the size and location of a tumor before ...

Frankie Maldonado, the Director of Operations for Life Guard Imaging joins Gayle Guyardo, the host of Bloom, to talk about ...

CT angiography sensitivity ranged from 75.5–87.3%, while specificity held near 90% across scales. Sensitivity refers to how well a test finds its target, in this case, brain death.

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

This increases the lifetime risk of cancer to a modest degree. Therefore, it makes sense to consider when CT scans are really necessary, and when they might not be.

CT scans are quick, painless, non-invasive tests that can identify everything from brain tumors to injuries from an accident. But a new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine shows ...

Computed tomography (CT) examinations (known more commonly as a “ CT scan ” or “CAT scan”) incorporate a series of x-ray images taken of areas inside the body and use a computer to create a ...

Researchers projected CT use in 2023 would lead to more than 100,000 future cancer diagnoses, and if trends continued, may account for 5% of new cases annually in the U.S., according to study ...

According to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, CT scans could result in approximately 103,000 future cancers, accounting for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses in the U.S.

May 8, 2025 – If you’ve ever hesitated before getting a CT scan, you’re not alone. A recent study linked 5% of all new cancer cases to radiation exposure from CT scans – a finding that’s ...

They calculated that 93 million CT scans were conducted in 61.5 million patients. This included 3.1 million CT scans in 2.6 million children and 89.9 million CT scans in 58.9 million adults.