Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

Computed tomography (CT or CAT) scans help doctors detect everything from cancer to kidney stones. But some physicians are raising concerns about the safety of such procedures — most notably, an ...

Are there any guidelines for doing a CT scan of the head in an elderly patient with dementia who has no sign of head or other injury following a witnessed or unwitnessed fall? What is the standard of ...

A new UCSF study estimates that CT scans performed in a single year could lead to more than 100,000 future cancer cases, reflecting a sharp rise in their use and higher radiation doses. As CT scans ...

The centre will provide 25,000 CT and MRI scans a year, allowing hospitals to treat more patients.

Patients who experience anxiety or claustrophobia can have difficulty completing important cardiac imaging, including ...

NEW DELHI: The Kerala high court on has ruled that a patient cannot demand specific diagnostic tests such as CT or MRI scans from a doctor. The court said it is entirely the doctor's call to decide ...