A CT scan of healthy lungs looks typical in size with no inflammation, allowing the diaphragm to dome. Lungs with emphysema can look overinflated, with muscle loss, making the diaphragm misshapen. The ...

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-dose ...

When radiologists are looking at contrast-enhanced chest CT examinations, they should take a look at the patient's heart to rule out heart attack, regardless of why the chest CT examination is being ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – An artificial intelligence (AI) tool can accurately identify normal and abnormal chest X-rays in a clinical setting, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the ...

(UPDATED) Patients presenting with chest pain who are excluded for myocardial infarction but have troponin levels that fall into the intermediate range are more likely to have coronary artery disease ...

Boston, MA - Noninvasive assessment of coronary artery disease by coronary 64-slice multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) can be used for ruling out ACS in subjects presenting with chest pain to ...