Among individuals undergoing low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) for lung cancer, extensive coronary artery calcium is ...

Lung cancer screening with low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) not only detects lung cancer but also identifies coronary ...

Doctors do not routinely use a chest computed tomography (CT) scan to diagnose breast cancer, but a CT scan taken for other reasons may show signs of breast cancer. A CT scan is an imaging test ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently had a CAT scan of my chest as an evaluation for pneumonia. I didn’t have pneumonia, but I got an unexpected high calcium score in my coronary arteries. Does the ...

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 ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the ...

What are the typical radiation doses associated with CT examinations? CT scans of the head, for example, expose patients to about the equivalence of one year of natural radiation. This is about 100 ...

About three out of every four patients who have a generic computer-assisted tomography (Cat) scan after chest pains are given the all clear. But one in five of these goes on to have a heart attack ...