The U.S. Preventative Task Force recommends a low-dose CT scan of the chest for anyone who is between ages 50 and 80 and has ...

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

Coronary artery calcification (CAC) affects 20 million Americans annually, and over half of the incidental findings go unreported.* New FDA-cleared technology from Riverain can provide a CAC score to ...

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 ...

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

The circumference of your chest, hip, thigh, or waist can also change the dose. 6. Do you have a prior scan? If you recently had an X-ray or a CT scan of the same area, ask whether your doctor can ...

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 ...

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 ...