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 ...

The number of emergency department encounters that included a head CT more than doubled between 2007 and 2022, according to a study published Nov. 19 in Neurology. Researchers from the medical schools ...

How do emergency department staff determine whether older adults who have fallen need imaging? A new decision rule will help emergency department physicians determine ...

Nearly 16 million CT scans were ordered in 2022, representing one in every 10 ER visits This raises concerns over cost, treatment delays and risks of radiation exposure THURSDAY, Nov. 20, 2025 ...

A new study shows large increases in the use of computed tomography (CT) scans of the head in emergency departments across the United States from 2007 to 2022. The study, which was published on ...

Artificial intelligence can augment current methods to predict the risk that head and neck cancer will spread outside the borders of neck lymph nodes, according to researchers with the ECOG-ACRIN ...