Researchers provided a laxative the night before and used a process called fecal tagging to help them distinguish stool from other items of concern on the scan. Some CT scans use a contrast dye to ...

Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients ...

CT scans ‘routinely’ deliver up to three times the radiation they should, which can lead to 36,000 cases of cancer a year.

CT scans are the gold standard for detecting pneumonia, Klug said, but there are concerns regarding the risk posed by repeated exposure to radiation. Ultra-low-dose CT reduces radiation exposure, but ...

A medical test used to detect cancer may actually be contributing to the disease, research suggests. Computerized tomography (CT) scans use X-rays to create detailed images of the body and are ...

CT scans are the gold standard for detecting pneumonia but there are concerns regarding the risk posed by repeated exposure to radiation.

The rules, which began rolling out in January, come as researchers raise concerns that excessive CT scan radiation may ...

ST. ALBANS — Northwestern Medical Center recently completed an upgrade project to replace its CT (Cat Scan) equipment, ...

With the recent report of increase in stroke cases observed after this holiday season by the Department of Health (DOH)1, ...

adding that “the amount of radiation dose used in a CT scan is small.” peakSTOCK/Getty But as Smith-Bindman says in the university's statement, radiologists are defaulting to using higher ...

Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients undergoing CT scans. Under new Medicare regulations effective this year ...