A single chest CT scan delivers approximately 70 times the radiation of a standard chest X-ray. More concerning, some complex CT procedures may expose patients to radiation levels comparable to ...

Short-interval CT imaging is a safe and cost-effective strategy for focal indeterminate consolidation in lung cancer ...

Computed tomography (CT) scanning provides images of sections of the body (slices) using special X ray equipment and sophisticated computers. CT scans of internal organs, bone, soft tissue and blood ...

CT scans are a common test used by radiologists to examine what's happening inside the body. These scans use a small amount ...

Chest CT scans account for another 21,500 cancers ... which occurs in more than 28% of all CT scans. In that procedure, people are scanned two or three times during a single session to pinpoint ...

Low-dose CT scans are the recommended screening method for lung cancer. Though lung cancer screening rates lag behind colorectal and breast cancer screenings, recent guideline changes have seen ...

A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging​, or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.