Radiation doses from common CT procedures vary widely and are higher than generally thought, raising concerns about increased risk for cancer, according to a new study led by UCSF imaging specialists.

July 31--POTSDAM-- With new live CT scanning technology, improvements are in sight for radiologists and patients at Canton-Potsdam Hospital. Staff at the hospital are now aided by CT fluoroscopy, ...

Juno Vu has suffered numerous blackouts and a heart attack, but nothing his doctors tried was able to stop his uncontrolled rapid heartbeats. Vu has ventricular tachycardia, caused by malfunctioning ...

CT-guided interventional procedures offer highly accurate and conservative therapies for patients with back pain, decreasing the need for pain medications and delaying the need for surgical treatment, ...

Over the last two decades CT scans in children have skyrocketed and the radiation from the CT procedures could result in thousands of future cases of cancer, according to a large, multi-center study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Imaging procedures were a source of exposure to doses of ionizing radiation, which tended to become cumulative ...

While Congress debates the pros and cons of Obamacare, a silent revolution proceeds apace in American medicine. Actually, it is not totally silent; it is heralded by the low hum of the CT scanner.

ERLANGEN, Germany — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has issued a consensus statement on the use of CT imaging before transcatheter aortic-valve implantation ...

Radiation doses from common CT procedures vary widely and are higher than generally thought, raising concerns about increased risk for cancer, according to a new study. Radiation doses from common CT ...

Radiation doses from common CT procedures vary widely and are higher than generally thought, raising concerns about increased risk for cancer, according to a new study led by UCSF imaging specialists.