According to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), a computerized tomography scan (CT or CAT scan) yields sharper images of soft tissue and blood vessels than ...

If you've suffered a serious injury or your doctor suspects cancer, a CT scan could be lifesaving. But since 1980, the number of those tests done each year has grown from fewer than 3 million to ...

If you have severe pain in your abdomen or chest, fall off your bike, or are in a car accident, there's a good chance that you'll undergo a CT scan. Those painless, quick tests can be lifesaving ...

The information from the PET scan and from the CT scan is different but complementary. The PET scan shows areas with increased metabolic activity, while the CT scan shows detailed anatomical locations ...

CT scans of internal organs, bone, soft tissue and blood vessels provide greater clarity and reveal more details than X ray or radiograph exams. X ray images are two dimensional representations while ...

Doctors sometimes perform a combined PET/CT scan to create a 3D picture of the organs and body structures while collecting data about the active tissues or cells. Some hospitals may also have a ...

Hounsfield called this technology a CT (computerized tomography) scan, also called a CAT scan (computerized axial tomography). It was especially useful for looking at head injuries and brain ...

Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the hospital. [James Wanzala, Standard] Despite recent breakthroughs that have ...

Experts from Lumafield have used an industrial CT scanner on ordinary objects These 3D scans make even familiar objects appear strange and alien For a doctor, a CT scan be a lifesaving tool for ...

High-resolution scans Masahiro Yanagawa, a radiologist at Osaka University, believes that noise-free, high-resolution CT scans will be a game-changer in diagnosing lung diseases. “The lungs are ...

CT scans give doctors a look inside the body that gives far more information about the spatial relationship of structures than a plain X-ray can. And as it turns out, CT scans are pretty handy for ...

Technological advancements, in particular computed tomography, or CT, scans have recently permitted new research that provides fresh insights into who she is and what happened to her. Cairo University ...