Common Medical Scan ‘Routinely’ Delivers Excess Radiation, May Cause 36,000 Cases of Cancer a Year
The scans are estimated to cause 2% of annual cancers — but new measures could keep the radiation levels in check.
Only 2% the Radiation Dose: New AI Technology Revolutionizes CT Scans
A deep-learning algorithm has enabled ultra-low dose CT scans to diagnose pneumonia with only 2% of the radiation of standard ...
Ultra-low-dose CT can diagnose pneumonia in immunocompromised patients while using far less radiation
Denoised ultra-low-dose CT can effectively diagnose pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using only 2% of the radiation ...
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Some CT scans deliver too much radiation, researchers say. Regulators want to know more.
About 93 million CT scans are performed every year in the United States, according to IMV, a medical market research company that tracks imaging.
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NMC completes project upgrading CT scanner and enhancing privacy
ST. ALBANS — Northwestern Medical Center recently completed an upgrade project to replace its CT (Cat Scan) equipment, ...
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Ultra-low Dose CT Enhances Pneumonia Detection
Denoised ultra-low dose CT can effectively diagnose pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using only 2% of the radiation dose of ...
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Opportunistic CT Bone Density Screening Improves Osteoporosis Screening Rate
Implementing opportunistic computed tomography bone density screening could increase the osteoporosis screening rate, yielding a reduction in medical costs.
Dad, 41, given a year to live after hallucinations led to terminal brain tumour diagnosis
David Phillips, 41, started suffering from intermittent headaches and thought the floor had "bubbled" up while at work as a ...
'He Seemed Pretty Normal': OpenAI Whistleblower Suchir Balaji's Mother Shares Picture From Day Of His Death
Suchir Balaji's mother Poornima Rao alleged that the office of the chief medical examiner saw this video and still concluded ...
Her maddening cough had an unexpected cause | Medical Mystery
The patient’s own doctors couldn’t agree on a cause. One said asthma. Another implicated her age, then 71. A third blamed ...
Dad, 41, given a year to live after hallucinations at work resulted in terminal brain tumour diagnosis
David Phillips, 41, started suffering from intermittent headaches and thought the floor had "bubbled" up while at work as a ...
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Inside the fossil hunt: Digging for the monsters of Illinois’ Mazon Creek
From batch sales of unopened rocks on eBay to discrete phone calls to higher-dollar patrons, Illinois’ commercial fossil ...