"His doctor never advised him to have this simple scan that could have identified it early in its development and possibly ...

Imagine you and your neighbor both need brain CT scans — common imaging procedures that use special X-ray equipment. You both have commercial health insurance and go to the same hospital for the ...

And in 2007, the U.S. National Cancer Institute predicted that 29,000 future cancer cases could be linked to the 72 million CT scans performed in the country that year alone.

August 7, 2008—Healthcare products supplier Covidien introduced an RFID-based system designed to make CT ("cat") scan procedures safer for patients and more convenient for radiology technicians. Most ...

Doctors use imaging tests such as ultrasounds, CT scans, or MRIs to guide them during procedures where they use small tools, like needles and tubes, inserted through tiny cuts in the body.

Children are more sensitive to radiation than adults. All radiation carries a theoretical risk of inducing cancer. The effective dose to the patient from a typical PET/CT examination may be in the ...

August 7, 2008—Healthcare products supplier Covidien introduced an RFID-based system designed to make CT (“cat”) scan procedures safer for patients and more convenient for radiology technicians. Most ...