When radiologists are looking at contrast-enhanced chest CT examinations, they should take a look at the patient's heart to rule out heart attack, regardless of why the chest CT examination is being ...

An AI tool for detection of incidental pulmonary embolus (iPE) on conventional contrast-enhanced chest CT examinations had high NPV and moderate PPV, even finding some iPEs missed by radiologists.

Image quality comparison Transverse and 3D cinematic rendered images from thoraco-abdominal CT angiography. (A–C) Images from energy-integrating detector CT with a standard contrast media protocol. (D ...

TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose CT chest scans could help detect pneumonia in at-risk patients while exposing them to small amounts of radiation, a new study says. Ultra-low-dose ...

For patients who visit an emergency room with chest pains, but who don’t have an abnormal EKG or elevated troponin levels, a CT scan can send them home earlier than conventional diagnostic procedures, ...

Reduced-dose dual-layer spectral CT (DLCT) is feasible in routine practice, despite the required higher tube potential, researchers from Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany, reported in a study ...

In patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), low-dose CT achieved higher sensitivity than chest x-ray for detecting lung metastases and second primary lung cancer, but patients ...

To evaluate the role of chest CT in the initial staging of testicular seminomatous germ cell tumours. All patients referred to Addenbrooke's Hospital with testicular seminoma from 1 January 2000 to 31 ...

There are a few exceptions when a chest x-ray is not required, such as for lung cancer screening when a CT scan is used. However, the patient must meet every one of the guideline criteria, which ...