Lung tissue that was scarred by a disease or infection, such as scleroderma or tuberculosis ... But that’s not clear yet. A type of CT scan, called spiral or helical low-dose CT scanning ...

Each patient underwent imaging for evaluation and staging of their lung cancer, which included a CT scan of the chest. Additionally, these CT scans could be used to detect atherosclerosis of the ...

A deep-learning algorithm has enabled ultra-low dose CT scans to diagnose pneumonia with only 2% of the radiation of standard ...

When diagnosing lung metastases and second primary lung cancer in patients with head and neck cancer, low-dose CT leads to better sensitivity than chest x-ray but does not lead to improved overall ...

a clinical oncologist at The Nairobi West Hospital dittoes the role of chest CT scans in early lung cancer detection, and why (Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans are the most powerful tool ...

high-resolution CT scans will be a game-changer in diagnosing lung diseases. “The lungs are an intricate organ with more than 23 airways branching from the trachea to the alveoli,” he says.

Besides cancer, lung nodules also can be caused by air pollution, chronic inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis or infectious diseases like tuberculosis ... X-ray or CT scan for some ...

STAT notes that a previous study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on lung cancer screening for smokers found that CT scans to detect early signs of the disease reduced deaths by about ...

Whiddon College of Medicine The study assessed 276 lung cancer patients at a cancer center for existing atherosclerosis on staging computed tomography (CT) scans. Atherosclerosis is when plaque ...