DNA-MRD testing better predicted outcomes versus PET/CT scans for large B-cell lymphoma, leading to NCCN guideline updates ...

In the national examination, the elderly are sometimes excluded from the subject due to efficiency issues.However, a domestic ...

CT scans and radiation by Pamela Wilson Every year, more CT scans are being ordered in Australia. They provide valuable information to guide medical care, but they come with a dose of radiation ...

Yet CT scans have known risks - risks in which we are well-versed. Occasionally, we directly witness contrast allergy, aspiration of oral contrast, and the traumatic and avoidable "Code Blue" in ...

A CT scan of the chest involves 10 to 15 millisieverts (a measure of dose) versus 0.01 to 0.15 for a regular chest X-ray, 3 for a mammogram and a mere 0.005 for a dental X-ray.

The new CT scan is a big step forward. In the study, scientists used it to scan 128 patients who had high blood pressure ...

A CT scan or Computerized tomography is also called a CAT (computerized axial tomography). It is essentially an X-ray procedure that combines a large number of X-ray images taken in succession.

Columnist Sam Kirton takes readers on his journey from a pulmonary function test to his results from lung biopsies that weren't routine.

CT scans use hundreds of X-rays to create detailed 3D images of things previously visible only through a biopsy or surgery Jean Hanvik decided that enough was enough. When a painful intestinal ...