When delivering radiation therapy to a tumor, clinicians want to be as precise as possible, using imaging, such as CT scans, to ensure the radiation targets the right area. However, when a tumor is ...

The U.K. company presented findings that its 360 e-Lung technology could potentially speed up the diagnosis of progressive pulmonary fibrosis by nearly two years in more than half of the patients ...

It is certainly not standard medical practice to perform screening MRIs of the heart and abdomen,” says one expert ...

While the president said he had an M.R.I. exam, a physician’s memo released by the White House was less specific.

Computed tomography is now doing for ancient metalworking what it once did for medicine, turning opaque fragments of slag into detailed cross-sections of early technology. By peering inside 5,000-year ...

Use of head CT scans in U.S. emergency departments has more than doubled over the past 15 years, a new study says. Nearly 16 million head CT scans were ordered by ERs in 2022, up from under 8 million ...

A new study shows large increases in the use of computed tomography (CT) scans of the head in emergency departments across the United States from 2007 to 2022. The study, which was published on ...

CT scans identified cancer in 13% of patients with non-specific symptoms, despite a fivefold increase in referrals from GPs from 2012 to 2019. Around 1 in 7 patients were diagnosed with cancer. This ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) CT scans are becoming a more commonly used tool to effectively determine a patient's future risk of heart disease and heart attack. These minimally invasive scans measure ...

Several imaging procedures have been developed to help diagnose diseases in humans. Examples include X-ray imaging, ultrasonography, and computed tomography, also known as CT scans. CT scans have been ...