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 ...

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PET-CT combines the functional information gained through PET with the structural details gained by a CT scan, aiding in ...

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

Abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most spread primary liver cancer across the world (~80% of the liver tumors). The gold standard for HCC diagnosis is liver biopsy. However, in the clinical ...

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Researchers from Alliance Medical Ltd. performed a retrospective case series review of oncologic FDG PET-CT scans in patients taking GLP-1 agonists. They observed several atypical patterns of tracer ...

Abstract: Liver tumor segmentation in CT scans plays a crucial role in cancer diagnosis and treatment planning. This paper proposes a novel methodology that integrates Active Contour Models (ACMs) ...

About 40% of cancers among Americans can be attributed to potentially modifiable factors such as smoking, drinking, obesity, and physical inactivity. If a widely reported study from earlier this year ...