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

Computed tomography (CT) scanning provides images of sections of the body (slices) using special X ray equipment and sophisticated computers. CT scans of internal organs, bone, soft tissue and blood ...

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

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 ...

A mom went into anaphylactic shock from the contrast dye used in her CT scan, causing her to die within 90 minutes of its ...

That’s exactly what a low-dose CT scan does, but only one-in-10 people at higher risk take advantage of the procedure. Frank McKenna was first diagnosed with lung cancer in 2016. “I had a ...

Unlike X-rays and computerized tomography (CT) scans, it doesn’t use damaging ... They’ll also tell you if you can’t get the procedure because of certain implants that you have.

The scans are estimated to cause 2% of annual cancers — but new measures could keep radiation at safer levels.

provides the special benefits of both in one procedure. It is a highly sensitive imaging technique used in oncology, cardiology, neurology and in infectious and inflammatory diseases. The information ...

CT scans are the gold standard for detecting pneumonia, Klug said, but there are concerns regarding the risk posed by ...

One CT scan can expose a patient to 10 or 15 times ... like cancers and aneurysms and guides doctors through complicated procedures. But the new data collection rules from the Centers for Medicare ...