Coronal CT images (C) without and (D) with segmentation label map for lung densitometry to assess emphysema; label map shows lung parenchyma in blue and major airways in red.

When diagnosing lung metastases and second primary lung cancer in patients with head and neck cancer, low-dose CT leads to better sensitivity than chest x-ray but does not lead to improved overall ...

At similar radiation doses, ultra-low-dose chest CT provides superior image quality over chest x-rays in children with cystic fibrosis, a recent study shows.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Smokers who have a single CT scan to look for lung cancer have a one ...

Previous studies have found less than 40% of patients with stable chest pain undergoing invasive coronary angiography are found to have obstructive coronary artery disease.

For people with stable chest pain and an intermediate pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), an initial CT strategy fared similarly to invasive coronary angiography (ICA ...

According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), from 2011 to 2018, national utilization of chest and abdominopelvic CT for trauma-related emergency department (ED) encounters increased ...

Consenting patients from six regional cancer centers in Ontario were randomly assigned to 18 F-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT or conventional staging (bone scan, CT of the chest/abdomen and ...

For this reason, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends low-dose chest CT screening for the 14.6 million Americans who are at high risk for lung cancer.