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CT Scan Test Used to Detect Heart Disease

A CT Scan test is used to find calcium buildup in arteries-a sign of heart [...]

World’s Most Advanced PET/CT Scan System Installed in Honolulu

InSight Imaging announced the recent installation of a Philips Vereos PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computed tomography) [...]

Deep Learning Spots Organs on CT Scans to Prevent Radiation Damage

Radiotherapy is a well established method for attacking tumors within the body. There are several [...]

New CT Scan Could Help Parkinson’s Patients During Surgery

A neurosurgeon at in Littleon, Colorado at Littleton Adventist Hospital is the first to ever [...]

Blood Tests Improve Efficiency of Lung Cancer Screening

Screening patients for early lung cancer can be made far more effective by using ancillary [...]

FDG PET Scan More Accurately Assesses Severity of Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s

Compared to regular amyloid imaging, fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET), an imaging technique that [...]

CT Scans Link Vaping To Lung Disease In Healthy Young Adults

New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine has linked e-cigarette use to a cluster of respiratory [...]

New Study Shows PET Scans Measuring Glucose More Effective at Assessing Alzheimer’s Progression Than Amyloid PET Scans

A new study has found that PET scans measuring glucose may be a better indicator [...]

CT Screenings Aid in Early Lung Cancer Detection

Often, patients with lung cancer are diagnosed in much later stages, but now 2 large [...]

Head CT Scans In Young Patients, Do Not Increase The Risk Of Cataract Development

Head CT examinations do not put younger patients at a high risk of developing cataracts, [...]