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

We learned that getting a CT scan of his lungs every year would have detected his deadly cancer. We didn't know the ...

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The first time archaeologists used a CT scan to examine a mummy was in 1977. As the technology has matured and become more accessible, it has allowed researchers to study mummies in ways they ...

New research reveals CT scans may cause 5% of U.S. cancer cases annually. Learn the risks, who's most vulnerable, and how to protect yourself.

CT reveals spinal and mediastinal air in a hypotensive patient with a history of bariatric surgery, with repeated vomiting ...

While a single CT scan isn’t likely to harm you, repeated scans—especially within a short time—can increase your long-term cancer risk. Radiation dose from CT scans is measured in ...

A CT scan or Computerized tomography is also called a CAT (computerized axial tomography). It is essentially an X-ray procedure that combines a large number of X-ray images taken in succession.

CT scans also have supplanted exploratory surgery, Thomason said. "When my father was a general surgeon, they took so many patients to surgery (because) they had no idea what they had wrong with ...