The number of CT exams performed in the US has jumped over 30 percent since 2007, with about 93 million scans in 2023 alone. That’s nearly one for every three Americans. All the cool kids are getting ...

While these advanced imaging tools save lives by detecting injuries and illness, mounting evidence suggests they may come with long-term consequences that patients need to understand before agreeing ...

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body's internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Lung Cancer, Scan, Essay Can Be Used Only To Illustrate Cancer, ...

CT scans are a common test used by radiologists to examine what's happening inside the body. These scans use a small amount of radiation, raising concerns that they could cause cancer. Mark Supanich, ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A number of studies in the past year have raised concerns that Americans are exposed to too much radiation from CT scans, increasing their risk of cancer. A: CT, short for computed ...

An AI tool reveals a substantial gap in the reporting of incidental hepatic steatosis on noncontrast CT scans and could flag ...

Having multiple CT scans in childhood may triple the risk of certain cancers, according to a new study. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the U.S., U.K. and Canada worked for nearly 20 ...

If you fall down and break something, they will take an X-ray at the emergency room. Show up with belly pain or breathing trouble and the same kind of X-ray — what we call a plain film — will usually ...

CT scans use hundreds of X-rays to create detailed 3D images of things previously visible only through a biopsy or surgery Jean Hanvik decided that enough was enough. When a painful intestinal ...

The findings come from the CorCal Outcomes trial, which compared two ways of deciding who should start statins before experiencing a first major cardiovascular event. Statins are cholesterol-lowering ...

Yet H. Khor, MD, PhD, explains why the CPFE index can't replace CT imaging but may help triage which patients need scans. Emphysema extent of 20% or greater on CT imaging was associated with worse ...