There, she was assessed for a tooth abscess, and given a CT scan to ... She was given iodine-based contrast media, a special dye which makes parts of the body more visible on scans, and went ...

TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose CT chest scans could help detect pneumonia in at-risk patients while exposing them to small amounts of radiation, a new study says. Ultra-low ...

One CT scan can expose a patient to 10 or 15 times as much radiation as another, Smith-Bindman said. “There is very large variation,” she said, “and the doses vary by an order of magnitude — tenfold, ...

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Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients undergoing CT scans. Under new Medicare regulations effective this year ...

Credit: Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) A deep-learning algorithm has enabled ultra-low dose CT scans to diagnose pneumonia with only 2% of the radiation of standard scans. The AI ...

The Monarch robot, first greenlit in 2018, also employs electromagnetic guidance and pre-operative CT scans to plot the course of its video-equipped, articulated bronchoscope, as it snakes through ...

It can be republished for free. Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients undergoing CT scans. Under new Medicare ...

Iodine is a type of trace mineral crucial in the production of thyroid hormones, naturally occurring chemicals that regulate growth, metabolism, and various bodily functions. The thyroid gland absorbs ...