BARCELONA, Spain — Data from a prospective imaging study question the use of x-ray radiography first in the diagnostic workup of patients with suspected axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), a practice ...

Patients ages 2-16 who were being evaluated for closed head injury with brief (<5 mins) loss of consciousness or amnesia at a large tertiary, pediatric trauma center in San Diego County were ...

The use of CT-based automation for traumatic brain injury may serve as a valuable tool for clinicians to predict disability outcomes in patients. Utilizing automated computed tomography (CT) scans to ...

A new study shows large increases in the use of computed tomography (CT) scans of the head in emergency departments across the United States from 2007 to 2022. The study, which was published on ...

Each year, the US performs more than 93 million computed tomography (CT) scans, many of which offer limited clinical value. For patients with mild head injuries, CT scans are often ordered reflexively ...

What are the side effects of all those medical zaps? &#151; -- intro: Over the past ten years, Jill Nelson, 52, a health coach, personal trainer and counselor in Chicago, has received at least seven ...

Liv Hospital integrates PET/CT diagnostics, radionuclide therapies and a multidisciplinary council to create individualized treatment plans for complex cancer and cardiac cases.

Computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are two types of imaging procedures. They both create detailed images of the internal body structures. While CT scans use X-rays to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CT head scans were ordered in approximately 175 million ED encounters. Patients who received scans were mainly ...