Mass General Brigham researchers have developed a new AI tool in collaboration with the United States Department of Veterans ...

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 ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results ...

A CT scan of the chest can be done for many indications, including further evaluation after an abnormal chest X-ray, the evaluation of symptoms such as coughing up blood and chest pain ...

CT scans of the head, for example, expose patients to about the equivalence of one year of natural radiation. This is about 100 times the radiation dose from a chest X ray. Other CT examinations ...

However, if detected early enough, it can be cured through surgery. A low-dose chest CT scan is a quick, noninvasive test that detects lung cancer in its early stages when it can still be ...

Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the hospital. [James Wanzala, Standard] Despite recent breakthroughs that have ...

Between September 2020 and December 2022, 54 patients with compromised immune systems who had fevers underwent a pair of chest CT scans -- a normal dose scan and an ultra-low-dose scan.

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 ...