When Her Nasal Blockage Turned Out to Be a Brain Disorder

What began as a routine complaint of nasal blockage turned into one of the most extraordinary medical cases doctors at Manipal Hospital, Dw.
AHA/ASA Journals

Opportunistic Detection of Coronary Artery Calcium on Noncardiac Chest Computed Tomography: An Emerging Tool for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Scientific Statement From ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis that confers increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Measured by noncontrast cardiac computed tomography, CAC ...
BMJ Case Reports

Penetrating aortic ulcer: a rare cause of neck swelling

A woman in her late 80s presented at midnight to the emergency department with sudden onset difficulty breathing, neck pain ...
American Lung Association

Your Scan Is Abnormal, What Happens Next?

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EurekAlert!

Vanderbilt University Medical Center performs nation’s first surgery using latest generation of intraoperative PET-CT scan technology

PET-CT combines the functional information gained through PET with the structural details gained by a CT scan, aiding in ...
FOX 13 Seattle on MSN

CT scans shed new light in death investigations

The King County Medical Examiner's Office has started using CT scans to help assist in local death investigations.
IEEE

Paired Diffusion: Generation of Related, Synthetic PET-CT-Segmentation Scans Using Linked Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models

Abstract: The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in biomedical imaging and radiotherapy is hindered by the limited availability of large imaging data repositories. With recent research ...

CT scans shed new light on cause of death in forensic probes

It’s an exciting new tool to augment our understanding of what goes on in injuries and diseases that cause death." ...