CT scans of the head, for example, expose patients to about the equivalence of one year of natural radiation. This is about 100 times the radiation dose from a chest X ray. Other CT examinations ...
The circumference of your chest, hip, thigh, or waist can also change the dose. 6. Do you have a prior scan? If you recently had an X-ray or a CT scan of the same area, ask whether your doctor can ...
A low dose CT scan of the chest is the only method to get screened for lung cancer, and involves a special type of x-rays that take pictures of your lungs while lying flat on a table and going ...
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How AI can spot diseases that doctors aren't looking forWhile the main focus is on CT scans, for example of the abdomen or chest, work is taking place to opportunistically glean ...
A coronary calcium scan can reveal what’s going on inside the arteries in an easily accessible and inexpensive manner. So, ...
To explain the nuances of lung cancer imaging, Dr Solomon Mutua, a clinical oncologist at The Nairobi West Hospital dittoes the role of chest CT scans in early lung cancer detection, and why ...
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 ...
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 ...
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