Multislice CT scanners show promise for the noninvasive detection of coronary stenosis. Rapid improvements in technology mean that newer-generation spiral CT scanners are capable of higher spatial and ...

Your life? Yes, 5 crumpled Andy Jacksons can save your life, as was reported earlier this year in a front page article in The Plain Dealer, Cleveland’s only daily newspaper. University Hospitals is ...

Several celebrities and achievers have recently passed away due to heart attacks or cardiac arrests at relatively young ages. Some heartbreaking and notable examples include actress Shefali Jariwala ...

In recent years, some studies have shown that routine X-ray screenings have not helped prevent lung cancer deaths, while other research from The National Lung Screening Trial has demonstrated the ...

DALLAS, April 5 – The accuracy of diagnosing a blocked brain vessel in an emergency setting improved nearly 100 percent when physicians used a high-speed CT scanner, researchers report in today’s ...

A special type of CT scan can detect lung cancer early enough to save some lives, the National Cancer Institute announced Thursday - the first evidence that a screening test may help fight the top U.S ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Screening smokers and former smokers for lung tumors using three-dimensional X-rays reduced their risk of dying from lung cancer by 20 percent, researchers said on ...

At issue are controversial spiral CT scans, where a rotating scanner views the lungs at various angles to spot growths when they're about half the size that a standard chest X-ray can detect. Some ...

"Spiral" CT scans cut lung cancer deaths in smokers by 20 percent, researchers reported Thursday in a finding that validates a controversial theory that screening can save lives. The low-dose scans, a ...

OBJECTIVES: We present a novel method of scanning for intra-abdominal fat volume by helical computed tomography (CT), and describe the clinical significance of measuring the volumes of intra-abdominal ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - "Spiral" CT scans cut lung cancer deaths in smokers by 20 percent, researchers reported on Thursday in a finding that validates a controversial theory that screening can ...