Are CT scans silently triggering a cancer epidemic — or are we being misled by speculative modeling and media-fueled fear? A ...

Finding cervical cancer often starts with an abnormal HPV (human papillomavirus) or Pap test result. This will lead to further tests which can diagnose cervical cancer or pre-cancer. The Pap test and ...

Methods Prospective single centre study which included all patients with stab wounds to the thorax or abdomen between December 2016 and December 2018. All patients underwent initial investigation with ...

Twenty-four cancers were diagnosed in the 30 patients who had CT findings suspicious of cancer. Among the 57 patients with abnormal CT scan not suggestive of malignancy, 30 did show unsuspected ...

About this study The purpose of this study is to assess the current rate of adherence to incidental lung nodule management and lung cancer screening guidelines in at-risk lung cancer patients ...

Instead, we use the plain chest radiograph as the main decision-maker in most patients. If abnormal findings, such as opacities, atalectasis, or pleural effusions exist, CTA is recommended. If the ...

A chest X-ray delivers around 0.1 mSv (millisievert) of radiation, while a CT scan can deliver around 10 mSv, which is 70 to 100 times more radiation in one scan.

A reduction in the diffusion capacity of carbon monoxide was the most common lung function abnormality (19.8%). Abnormal diffusion capacity of carbon monoxide was associated with the presence and ...

Lung Cancer Diagnosis To diagnose lung cancer, your healthcare provider will perform a physical exam and order a chest X-ray to look at your lungs. On a chest X-ray, any abnormal growth will appear as ...

ABSTRACT Objective: to perform an external validation of two clinical decision instruments (DIs) - Chest CT-All and Chest CT-Major - in a cohort of patients with blunt chest trauma undergoing chest CT ...

Research on classifying chest CT scans as normal or abnormal using machine learning and deep learning has garnered significant attention. To address this, various feature selection (FS) methods are ...

The new dual-source CT scanner is an intrinsic part of that mission. For patients with troubling symptoms of chest pain and/or abnormal EKGs we now have an amazing tool to render quick and accurate ...