Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind wearable device capable of continuously scanning the lungs and heart of hospital patients while they rest in bed—offering a revolutionary alternative to ...

Light conversion technology developed by University of Queensland researchers will be used for wearable X-ray devices that make respiratory scans more comfortable for young children.

The application of lung ultrasound as an alternative for chest x-ray or CT scan in the definition of ARDS needs further validation. Future definitions of ARDS should be applicable in patients ...

A CT scan of the abdomen can show the organs, blood vessels, and bones in your abdominal cavity. The multiple images provided by the scan can give your doctor many different views of your body.

Lung cancer was projected to be the most common radiation-induced cancer, followed by colon cancer. “Our estimates put CT on par with other significant risk factors, such as alcohol consumption and ...

A new analysis estimates that more than 100,000 cancer cases per year could be caused by radiation from CT scans. In some cases, the information provided by a CT scan could also be obtained from ...

How do you know if you have lung scarring? Symptoms include being short of breath or having a lingering cough. Your doctor may screen for scarring with an imaging test like a CT scan or with a ...

The most common projected cancers were lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia, and bladder cancer. As for the most problematic type of CT scan, the largest number of cancers — 37,500 — were ...

A single chest CT scan delivers approximately 70 times the radiation of a standard chest X-ray. More concerning, some complex CT procedures may expose patients to radiation levels comparable to ...

over 90% of CT scans are performed on adults, so it's this group that faces the largest overall impact. The most common cancers linked to CT exposure are lung, colon, bladder and leukemia.

Computed tomography, or CT scans, could cause 5% of U.S. cancers each year, a new study found. The X-rays expose people to ionizing radiation, which can cause DNA damage. Before getting a CT scan ...