Lung cancer is the No. 1 cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Screening with low dose computed tomography (called low dose CT or LDCT) can save lives for people at high risk for this ...

Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the hospital. [James Wanzala, Standard] Despite recent breakthroughs that have ...

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 ...

A research team has developed a versatile machine learning model that could one day greatly expand what medical scans can tell us about disease. Scientists used their tool, named Merlin, to assess 3D ...

It can be surprising to learn that lung cancer can develop in people who have never smoked. In fact, up to 20% of lung ...

Patients are exposed to 2% of the radiation of a normal CT scan TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose CT chest scans could help detect pneumonia in at-risk patients while exposing them ...

NEWARK, Del. (WPVI) -- Artificial intelligence is very controversial in many quarters. But in some areas of medicine, it's becoming an invaluable tool. Carolyn Klair handled her COPD for 25 years, but ...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and other healthcare facilities in the U.S. have been plagued by a seemingly never-ending stream of shortages: of personal protective equipment, ICU beds, ...

Costochondritis is not cancer, but its symptoms can resemble those of some types of cancer. It can also develop after certain ...