Although CT is a relatively recent technology, there have been great improvements in the equipment. The early, slow "Step and Scan" machines required long image acquisition times, resulting in a ...

Imaging technologist and patient during a CT scan at Radiology/Imaging Services at UWMC-Roosevelt in Seattle. Clare McLean UWMC Some hospitals in Washington are rationing medical scans and rethinking ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, a large team of researchers from China, the United States, and the Czech Republic developed a deep learning-based approach to use ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - An Eastern Iowa family says a loved one diagnosed with cancer can’t receive the needed CT scan because of a global shortage of contrast dye. “I’ve never heard about this, ...

Point-of-care (POC) creatinine devices allow rapid measurement of creatinine levels and calculation of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). This can show whether the kidneys are working ...

If you need medical imaging tests done, you may wonder how much an MRI, CT scan, or other imaging test costs and how these tests differ. Hospitals and medical facilities negotiate the prices of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WGHP) — Millions of Americans are taking ...