What if your old chest scans—taken years ago for something unrelated—held a secret warning about your heart? A new AI tool called AI-CAC, developed by Mass General Brigham and the VA, can now comb ...

Low dose chest CT scans have been added to Australia's national diagnostic reference levels to support optimisation of patients' radiation ...

The coronary calcium score may help doctors identify which patients truly benefit from statins—and who might not need them at ...

The team recommended PRRT (Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy), a therapy that delivers radiation directly to cancer cells ...

RadNet incorporates artificial intelligence (AI) into low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for lung cancer – advancing lung cancer detection at its earliest stages. LDCT screening for lung ...

In many examinations such as CT of the head (including dental CT scans), chest and limbs, the pelvic region is not in the direct beam and the dose to the unborn child can be very low. Doctors may ...

New research reveals CT scans may cause 5% of U.S. cancer cases annually. Learn the risks, ... A single chest CT scan delivers approximately 70 times the radiation of a standard chest X-ray.

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.

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

May 8, 2025 – If you’ve ever hesitated before getting a CT scan, you’re not alone. A recent study linked 5% of all new cancer cases to radiation exposure from CT scans – a finding that’s ...

From July, eligible Australians will be screened for lung cancer as part of the nation's first new cancer screening program ...

New study warns that frequent CT scans may cause 5% of annual cancers, urging reduced usage and safer radiation doses ...