Common Medical Scan ‘Routinely’ Delivers Excess Radiation, May Cause 36,000 Cases of Cancer a Year
The scans are estimated to cause 2% of annual cancers — but new measures could keep radiation at safer levels.
Some CT scans may have too much radiation, researchers say
The imaging tool used to diagnose bone injuries, cancer and other diseases may expose patients to unnecessarily high ...
New Medicare Rules Aim to Cut Radiation Exposure From CT Scans
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the new requirements to improve consistency in CT scan ...
Only 2% the Radiation Dose: New AI Technology Revolutionizes CT Scans
A deep-learning algorithm has enabled ultra-low dose CT scans to diagnose pneumonia with only 2% of the radiation of standard ...
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Denoised ultra-low dose CT offers safe pneumonia diagnosis for immunocompromised patients
Denoised ultra-low dose CT can effectively diagnose pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using only 2% of the radiation ...
Ultra-low-dose CT can diagnose pneumonia in immunocompromised patients while using far less radiation
Denoised ultra-low-dose CT can effectively diagnose pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using only 2% of the radiation ...
Ultra-Low Dose CT Aids Pneumonia Diagnosis in Immunocompromised Patients
Denoised ultra-low dose CT can effectively diagnose pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using only 2% of the radiation dose of standard CT, according to a study published today in Radiology: ...
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Healthcare groups divided on CMS CT radiation rules
New CMS rule requires hospitals to track radiation from CT scans, sparking both praise and criticism. Learn more here.
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Some CT scans may have too much radiation, researchers say
Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most ...
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Some CT scans may have too much radiation, researchers say
One CT scan can expose a patient to 10 or 15 times as much radiation as another, Smith-Bindman said. “There is very large variation,” she said, “and the doses vary by an order of magnitude ...