Prevent early deaths due to hidden heart ailments. Here is all about the 640-slice CT scan, an advanced, non-invasive imaging tool that provides high-resolution images of the heart in one heartbeat.

A man succumbed to injuries after the metallic chain around his neck caused him to be pulled into an active MRI machine at Nassau Open MRI, underscoring FDA warnings about MRI projectile risks.

CHEYENNE – Cheyenne Regional Medical Center recently installed two of the SOMATOM X.ceed CT Scanners with myExam Companion, the latest innovation from Siemens Healthineers.

The aim is to find and treat lung cancers early, before they grow and spread, to improve the chance of survival. Here’s what’s involved.

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 ...

The take-home message should not be that CT scans represent a major danger and therefore need to be avoided at all costs. CT scans represent an important diagnostic tool for many conditions.

CT scans are quick, painless, non-invasive tests that can identify everything from brain tumors to injuries from an accident. But a new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine shows ...

While CT scans can help plan a treatment or evaluate how well a treatment works, physicians also use CT scans to diagnose several types of cancer, including colorectal and lung malignancies.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman about her research indicating CT scans, which emit radiation, will cause some 100,000 cases of cancer annually.