"His doctor never advised him to have this simple scan that could have identified it early in its development and possibly ...

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A CT scan of a single fetlock produces around 250 images - how can we quickly and efficiently analyze all those images in an ...

How to prepare for a CT scan. In case you need to be administered a barium dye for the CT scan your doctor will ask you to refrain from eating of drinking anything for 4-6 hours before the procedure.

CT scans deliver ionizing radiation to the area being scanned and to nearby tissues, potentially damaging DNA, the researchers said. And children are more vulnerable to that radiation than adults ...

A tragic incident occurred in Westbury, New York, where a man lost his life after being pulled into an MRI machine. He ...

Use of CT scans in the U.S. has more than tripled in less than two decades. Despite the medical benefits, these scans emit a significant amount of radiation. A new study estimates that 29,000 ...

About 93 million CT scans are performed every year in the U.S., according to IMV, a medical market research company that tracks imaging.More than half of those scans are for people 60 and older.

The hospital's radiology department conducted a CT scan on a massive loggerhead sea turtle that had sustained a head injury.