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 ...
What if your old chest scans—taken years ago for something unrelated—held a secret warning about your heart? A new AI tool called AI-CAC, developed by Mass General Brigham and the VA, can now comb ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 76-year-old woman in what I thought was excellent health. On a recent coronary calcium CT scan that was ordered because of my age and slightly elevated cholesterol, an ...
Intermountain Health heart and vascular researchers recently presented findings that patients who have no evidence of calcium in their coronary arteries are not only significantly less likely to die ...
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) CT scans are becoming a more commonly used tool to effectively determine a patient's future risk of heart disease and heart attack. These minimally invasive scans measure ...
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) CT scans are becoming a more commonly used tool to effectively determine a patient’s future risk of heart disease and heart attack. These minimally invasive scans measure ...
My doctor recently recommended that I get a cardiac CT calcium scan to help stratify my risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). So of course I was interested in how good this scan is, because diagnostic ...
Background: Coronary Artery Calcium CT scans provide a coronary artery calcium score that may be very useful in ascertaining a patient’s future cardiovascular risk. However, besides the coronary ...
AIM: To explore the preliminary application of dual cone-beam CT (CBCT) for dose calculation and tumor-feeding arteries identification in 90 Y-SIRT planning. Conclusion: Dual CBCT is a reliable ...
October 22, 2025—Qure.ai announced FDA 510(k) clearance for its qER-CTA artificial intelligence (AI) solution, which is designed to analyze CTA scans for suspected large vessel occlusions (LVOs) in ...