What are the typical radiation doses associated with CT examinations? CT scans of the head, for example, expose patients to about the equivalence of one year of natural radiation. This is about 100 ...

We hypothesized that patients with a GCS 15 and a completely normal examination including the lack of a cephalohematoma would not have an intracranial injury and may not require a head CT scan as ...

JAMA Internal Medicine published an article, Projected Lifetime Cancer Risks From Current Computed Tomography Imaging, that uses risk modeling to suggest that radiation from Computed Tomography (CT) ...

The new system, published Tuesday by a lead author based at UCSF, aims to bring more nuanced diagnosis and treatment to head ...

A new study has projected that radiation exposure from computed tomography (CT) scans in the United States will result in ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans use X-rays to create detailed internal ... while in children the biggest risk came from CTs of the head. Cancers predicted to arise from the excess radiation ...

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CT scans are one of the most effective medical tools available today, providing an in-depth look inside the human body to spot tumors, detect brain bleeds and other ailments. But a new study ...

analyzed the pre-treatment CT scans of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) to locate radiomic ...