Common Medical Scan ‘Routinely’ Delivers Excess Radiation, May Cause 36,000 Cases of Cancer a Year
The scans are estimated to cause 2% of annual cancers — but new measures could keep radiation at safer levels.
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Radiation protection during PET/CT
The PET scan shows areas with increased metabolic activity, while the CT scan shows detailed anatomical locations. A combination of these two images enables a doctor to tell whether a region with high ...
Look: Ontario woman's missing cat turns up after 7 years
An Ontario woman was reunited with her beloved pet cat 7 years and 4 months after he went missing, thanks to the animal's ...
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CT scans offer fresh insight
High-resolution images are also useful for informing surgery ... which can also blur tissue boundaries in CT scans. Originally limited to scans of the heart, in November 2023 PIQE became available ...