A new CT-scan based risk score facilitates the identification of patients at risk of revision endoscopic sinus surgery due to ...

TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose CT chest scans could help detect pneumonia in at-risk patients while exposing them to small amounts of radiation, a new study says. Ultra-low ...

One CT scan can expose a patient to 10 or 15 times as much radiation as another, Smith-Bindman said. “There is very large variation,” she said, “and the doses vary by an order of magnitude — tenfold, ...

Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, a professor at the University of ...

One CT scan can expose a patient to 10 or 15 times as much radiation as another, Smith-Bindman said. “There is very large variation,” she said, “and the doses vary by an order of magnitude ...

Axial noncontrast chest CT lung window images in a 70-year-old male participant. (A) Normal-dose CT, (B) ultra-low-dose CT (ULDCT), and (C) denoised ULDCT images show tree-in-bud opacities (yellow ...

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most ...

But the number of CT scans kept climbing. By 2016, it was estimated at 74 million, up 20% in a decade, though radiologists say dosages of radiation per scan have declined.

MONDAY, March 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitals and imaging centers are now required to track and report radiation exposure from CT scans under new Medicare regulations. The rules, which began ...

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 ...

TODAY: Profar’s CT scan revealed a bone bruise on his left wrist, Bowman reports. While a painful injury, the team expects Profar should be ready for Opening Day. MARCH 8: Braves left fielder ...

The Atlanta Braves made one premium addition this prior offseason with the free agent signing of outfielder Jurickson Profar to play left field. After injuring his left wrist in Saturday’s Spring ...