Radiation from overused CT scans may be responsible for up to 2% of all cancers annually in the U.S. The radiation dose can ...

Computerized tomography is a medical imaging procedure that uses X-rays to create detailed, three-dimensional images of the body. Every year, an estimated 93 million CT scans are performed in the ...

With celebrities singing the praises of full-body MRI scans, a growing number of people are coughing up the cash for ...

A metallic fragment, missed after a workplace injury, is removed 7 years later, fully restoring a 59-year-old man’s vision.

Cutting out unnecessary imaging scans could reduce those emissions by as much as 129 kilotons, researchers said. Unnecessary ...

A PET/CT test has two components: a PET scan and a CT, which are done together. The radiation exposure from CT has a very wide range depending on the type of the test, the area of the body scanned and ...

CT (short for computed tomography, and often pronounced as “cat”) scans use a mix of X-ray and computer technology to provide detailed images of the body, John Hopkins Medicine explains, ...

Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching ...

Patients are exposed to 2% of the radiation of a normal CT scan TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose CT chest scans could help detect pneumonia in at-risk patients while exposing them ...

The annual incidence of cardiac sarcoidosis is low, but increased awareness of this inflammatory condition has led to earlier ...