Eliminating rising TB burden: How timely diagnosis is the key?
India is making significant strides in eliminating tuberculosis with government-led programs like the National TB Elimination ...
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How Much Does a Cone Beam CT Scan Cost?
This in-depth guide examines every aspect of CBCT scan pricing, insurance coverage, and techniques for maximizing affordability. This guide addresses these critical questions surrounding the financial ...
Modern Healthcare15d
Hospitals face new Medicare rules on CT scan safety
Under new federal rules, doctors and imaging centers have to more closely track and report the doses of radiation that ...
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Some CT scans deliver too much radiation, researchers say. Regulators want to know more.
Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients undergoing CT scans. Under new Medicare regulations effective this year, hospitals ...
New York Post18d
This medical test may cause cancer due to ‘unfathomable’ mistake — and it’s performed 93M times a year in the US
Computerized tomography is a medical imaging procedure that uses X-rays to create detailed, three-dimensional images of the body. Every year, an estimated 93 million CT scans are performed in the ...
Daily Mail19d
'Over-used' medical test given to millions every year may be causing explosion of tumors
CT scans are life-saving medical scans, but they are not without risk. In an attempt to tackle the problem, new Medicare regulations effective this year will require hospitals and imaging ...
healthday19d
New Medicare Rules Aim to Cut Radiation Exposure From CT Scans
MONDAY, March 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitals and imaging centers are now required to track and report radiation exposure from CT scans under new Medicare regulations. The rules, which began ...
NBC New York21d
Some CT scans may have too much radiation, researchers say
About 93 million CT scans are performed every year in the United States, according to IMV, a medical market research company that tracks imaging. More than half of those scans are for people 60 ...
Frontiers26d
Progress and Future Trends in PET/CT and PET/MRI Molecular Imaging Approaches for Breast Cancer
Then, multiple PET-based imaging techniques, including the breast-specific PET imaging, PET/CT, and PET/MRI, and their clinical applications were described in detail. The clinical applications started ...
America Magazine1mon
Update: Pope Francis’ CT scan shows ‘normal progression of the lung inflammation’
The Vatican also reported that the chest CT scan carried out Tuesday evening “showed a normal progression of the lung inflammation.” It said that “the mild kidney insufficiency observed in ...
Fox News1mon
Pope Francis in critical but stable condition, has CT scan, Vatican says
Pope Francis remains in critical but stable condition after undergoing a CT scan on Tuesday, the Vatican announced. Vatican officials say the pope, 88, returned to work in the evening, making a ...