Unenhanced CT was about 30% less accurate than contrast-enhanced CT for the evaluation of acute abdominal pain in the emergency department (ED), a retrospective study showed. Of 201 adult patients, ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - More than half of patients receiving abdominal CT scans, an advanced type of X-ray, got them for tests they did not need, exposing them to excess radiation that could raise the ...

If you have stomach cancer, you have a higher chance of being cured if your healthcare team detects it early. A CT scan is often part of the diagnosis. Stomach cancer, or gastric cancer, happens when ...

In a recent study published in the journal Radiology, researchers in Taiwan developed a deep learning (DL)–based computer-aided detection (CAD) tool to detect pancreatic cancer on contrast-enhanced ...

As a worldwide shortage of contrast dye for medical imaging continues, a new UC San Francisco research letter in JAMA quantified strategies medical facilities can employ to safely reduce dye use in ...

In a new pilot feasibility study, researchers from Mayo Clinic, the University of Washington School of Medicine, the University of California San Francisco, and Nextrast Inc. found that a new imaging ...

A CT scan is often one of the first imaging tests done during the diagnostic process. While a CT scan alone isn’t enough to diagnose pancreatic cancer, it can provide images that help doctors ...