Calcium is seen to be laid down in the heart arteries on between 26 and 93 per cent of CT chest studies done for non-cardiac indications, depending on the population that is studied.

For example, low-dose chest CT scans performed for lung cancer screening use lower doses than multi-phase abdominal/pelvic CT scans that are required to stage a person with pancreatic cancer.

On Tuesday, a study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggested that a test involving a CT scan could lead to answers for many of the 33.5 million Americans deemed to be ...

The "CT first" strategy was associated with subsequent revascularization in 62% of patients compared to 34% for the combination of other modalities or direct ICA referral.

TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose CT chest scans could help detect pneumonia in at-risk patients while exposing them to small amounts of radiation, a new study says.

Use of computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest for hospital emergency-room patients with blunt trauma could be reduced by more than one-third without compromising detection of major injury ...

When Dr Bhargava was countered with the fact that the CT-Scan test charges ranges between Rs 3,000 to 8000 at private hospitals in the district, he said, “The charges for CT scan chest should be ...

New Focus on Dangers of CT Scans By Jon LaPook December 14, 2009 / 6:35 PM EST / CBS There were about 70 million CT scans performed in United States in 2007 - up from just 3 million in 1980.

Derivation and Validation of Two Decision Instruments for Selective Chest CT in Blunt Trauma: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study (NEXUS Chest CT). PLOS Medicine, 2015; 12 (10): e1001883 ...

Key Takeaways Low-dose CT scans can help detect pneumoniaRadiologists accurately detected pneumonia in low-dose scans cleaned up by AIPatients are exposed to 2% of the radiation of a normal CT ...