Thymus, a small and relatively unknown organ, may play a bigger role in the immune system of adults than was previously believed. With age, the glandular tissue in the thymus is replaced by fat, but, ...

Medical professionals use CT scans to help diagnose and stage bladder cancer. While CT scans can provide valuable information, they are not perfect and have certain limitations. However, CT scans may ...

Artificial intelligence is turning a familiar medical workhorse into a window on one of the most pervasive health threats of ...

A deep learning–based artificial intelligence (AI) system detected 75.1% of airway nodules, with 0.25 false positives per scan in patients without airway nodules. The system achieved an increased ...

A new study has set off alarm bells, attributing the overuse of computed tomography – or CT – scans to around 5% of new cancer diagnoses annually. Since 2007, this imaging technology has seen a 30% ...

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, a professor at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine's ...

Each year, the US performs more than 93 million computed tomography (CT) scans, many of which offer limited clinical value. For patients with mild head injuries, CT scans are often ordered reflexively ...

A landmark study reveals that the sheer volume of CT scans in America may trigger over 100,000 future cancer cases, raising urgent questions about when medical imaging does more harm than good. Study: ...

GE HealthCare is raising the curtain on its spearhead into the field of photon-counting CT, the Photonova Spectra, with an announcement that the system has been submitted to the FDA for review. The ...