Can I undergo a CT scan while I am pregnant? Yes, if medically justified and with certain precautions. The aim is to minimize the unborn child’s radiation exposure. An unborn child is considered to be ...

Elijah Portillo was struggling with headaches and dizziness at school. After his family repeatedly asked for a CT scan, they ...

High-resolution scans Masahiro Yanagawa, a radiologist at Osaka University, believes that noise-free, high-resolution CT scans will be a game-changer in diagnosing lung diseases. “The lungs are ...

(A scan can cost as much as $2,000 or more and isn’t typically covered by insurance.) Mirza Rahman, MD Another concern has been the radiation exposure you get with each CT scan (computed ...

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In the 1970s computed tomography scanners, or CT scanners, transformed diagnostic ... radiation exposure for sensitive patients, like children and young adults. Moreover, the detectors provide ...

But the new CT scans revealed ... The new scans helped scientists estimate that the high-status woman died in her late 30s to early 40s, while wear on her teeth shows that the food she ate ...

If you need medical imaging tests done, you may wonder how much an MRI, CT scan, or other imaging test costs and how these tests differ. Hospitals and medical facilities negotiate the prices of ...

CT scans give doctors a look inside the body that gives far more information about the spatial relationship of structures than a plain X-ray can. And as it turns out, CT scans are pretty handy for ...

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

The museum scientists are using CT scans ... The scans have determined that she was in her late 30s or early 40s when she died. The scans also showed the loss of several teeth and significant ...

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 ...