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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- According to the Centers for Disease Control, 50% of concussions go unreported. That's scary to think about because there are millions of traumatic brain injury (TBI) ...
Erin Dwyer has been doing a lot of waiting. After a sonogram in December, she found out that she has a growth on her right kidney and had to wait months to see a specialist. Now she’s waiting for a CT ...
The study compared five strategies: reducing the dosage of the iodinated dye alongside less tube voltage, weight-based dosage, using unenhanced CT instead of contrast CT if it’s safe, a combination of ...
Most parents unaware of CT scan risks Children and young adults who had computer tomography (CT) scans of the head had a small but increased risk of later leukemia and brain cancer, data indicate.
ROCHESTER — At some U.S. hospitals, a patient could pay five times more than another patient at the same hospital for the same brain scan if they have different health insurance plans, according to a ...
Philips has received clearance from the FDA for its artificial-intelligence-powered MRI platform geared toward head and neck cancers. Dubbed MRCAT, for MR for Calculating ATtenuation, the application ...
Understand how conventional imaging may be enough to guide basilar stroke treatment, potentially speeding up life-saving ...
A brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is an abnormal tangle of unusually formed blood vessels in the brain (Figure 1). Over time, these vessels can weaken and bleed into the brain itself. Brain ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — As more and more Americans undergo CT scans and other medical imaging scans involving intense X-rays, a new study suggests that many of them should take a pre-scan drug that could ...