This is in stark contrast to 70-75% of Americans that ... for lung cancer or who is actually eligible. A low dose CT scan of the chest is the only method to get screened for lung cancer, and ...

In contrast, he says a chest CT scan provides detailed images by taking multiple pictures of the lungs and chest and compiling them into a comprehensive view. “This detailed imaging allows for ...

Baid (NIH, Bethesda, MD), one of the researchers. Reports of hypertensive crisis after contrast-enhanced CT scan in patients with pheochromocytoma had led clinicians to question the safety of this ...

A CT examination may sometimes involve the injection of an intravenous contrast agent. Imaging can be performed ... In many examinations such as CT of the head (including dental CT scans), chest and ...

A 66-year-old woman from Northampton died after an extreme allergic reaction to CT scan dye caused cardiac arrest. According ...

Chest pains, heart flutters ... That's changing with the advent of new imaging technology: CT scans, MRI, 3-dimensional echocardiography (3-D echo), and PET/CT. "It's a new era we're at the ...