Although CT is a relatively recent technology, there have been great improvements in the equipment. The early, slow "Step and Scan" machines required long image acquisition times, resulting in a ...

The study compared five strategies: reducing the dosage of the iodinated dye alongside less tube voltage, weight-based dosage, using unenhanced CT instead of contrast CT if it’s safe, a combination of ...

Erin Dwyer has been doing a lot of waiting. After a sonogram in December, she found out that she has a growth on her right kidney and had to wait months to see a specialist. Now she’s waiting for a CT ...

Imaging technologist and patient during a CT scan at Radiology/Imaging Services at UWMC-Roosevelt in Seattle. Clare McLean UWMC Some hospitals in Washington are rationing medical scans and rethinking ...

Hospitals are just learning about and are very concerned that a shortage of the fluid they use to make CT scans and MRIs more readable may last until late June. For example, The University of Alabama ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, a large team of researchers from China, the United States, and the Czech Republic developed a deep learning-based approach to use ...

Non-enhanced CT scans were deemed helpful in only 4% of haemorrhage cases, primarily in gastrointestinal bleeding, while contributing substantially to the overall radiation exposure. An analysis of 75 ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — As more and more Americans undergo CT scans and other medical imaging scans involving intense X-rays, a new study suggests that many of them should take a pre-scan drug that could ...

A routine medical procedure turned fatal for 22-year-old law graduate Leticia Paul, who died less than 24 hours after undergoing a contrast-enhanced CT scan at Alto Vale Regional Hospital in Rio do ...

Brazilian Leticia Paul, 22, died on Wednesday after a rare anaphylactic reaction to the contrast dye used in CT and MRI scans during a routine scan for kidney stones ...