The use of head CT scans has surged for diagnosing various conditions such as trauma and stroke, even though the procedure carries a known and elevated risk of cancer. Neurologists at the Yale School ...

Most parents unaware of CT scan risk CT scans expose patients to an estimated several hundred times more radiation than an x-ray, yet use of this procedure among children has increased fivefold since ...

There has been an escalating risk of brain cancer associated with increasing radiation dose to the brain from CT examinations, a cohort study of more than 650,000 children and young adults indicated.

The use of head CT scans has surged for diagnosing various conditions such as trauma and stroke, even though the procedure carries a known and elevated risk of cancer. Neurologists at the Yale School ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Glatter is a New York-based physician covering public health. One of the main reasons that health care providers order a ...

Use of head CT scans in U.S. emergency departments has more than doubled over the past 15 years, a new study says. Nearly 16 million head CT scans were ordered by ERs in 2022, up from under 8 million ...

Qure.ai, a startup founded in 2016, has unveiled an AI-powered technology that can pinpoint anomalies like bleeds and fractures in head CT scans. When a patient has head trauma, a CT scan is one of ...

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BrainScope announced today the publication of a study conducted by physicians at Washington University Barnes Jewish Medical Center in St. Louis in the peer-reviewed ...