In contrast, he says a chest CT scan provides detailed images by taking multiple pictures of the lungs and chest and compiling them into a comprehensive view ... that appear normal on a ...

Between September 2020 and December 2022, 54 patients with compromised immune systems who had fevers underwent a pair of chest CT scans -- a normal dose scan and an ultra-low-dose scan.

Patients are exposed to 2% of the radiation of a normal CT scan TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose CT chest scans could help detect pneumonia in at-risk patients while exposing ...

Hospitals and imaging centers are now required to track and report radiation exposure from CT scans under new Medicare regulations. The rules, which began rolling out in January, come as ...

Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients undergoing CT scans ... and is one of the core operating programs at KFF ...

In patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), low-dose CT achieved higher sensitivity than chest x-ray for detecting lung metastases and second primary lung cancer, but patients ...

Researchers retrospectively analysed a dataset of 320 chest and chest-abdomen CT scans, including patients with airway nodules (n = 160; median age, 64 years; 58 women) and those without airway ...

A recent chest scan has confirmed improvements in the condition of Pope Francis, according to the Vatican. The pope was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on February 14 with a severe respiratory ...