Cancer risk from a single CT scan is low, but repeated exposure could increase the risk of radiation-induced cancer.

CT (Computerized Tomography), also referred to as CAT scan, one of the most valuable discoveries for diagnosis, was invented by British engineer Godfrey Hounsfield in 1967. This life-saving tool ...

Indeed, both chest X-rays (CXR) and CT scans have been widely studied for the diagnosis, detection and quantification of pneumonia. In this paper, a novel approach (PViTGAtt-IP) based on a parallel ...

Frankie Maldonado, the Director of Operations for Life Guard Imaging joins Gayle Guyardo, the host of Bloom, to share more about their innovative CT scan and ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman about her research indicating CT scans, which emit radiation, will cause some 100,000 cases of cancer annually.

Researchers from UC San Francisco have announced a study that found computed tomography, or CT scans, may account for as much ...

St. Luke's Health-Memorial is proud to announce the grand opening of its state-of-the-art Computed Tomography (CT) suites, ...

But adults also are at risk, since they are the most likely to get scans. Nearly 103,000 cancers are predicted to result from ...

CT scans, or CAT scans, are widely used to get internal images of the body and diagnose dangerous medical conditions, but ...

"CT can save lives, but its potential harms are often overlooked," said Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman, the study's lead author and a UCSF radiologist. Smith-Bindman, who also ...

CT scans pose a greater cancer risk than previously thought About 103,000 future cancers are projected to occur due to CT ...

US researchers are warning of the potential risks from CT scans, a standard method used to create detailed images of the body ...