In CT, the body is scanned layer by layer in an X-ray tube to visualize the anatomy and localize tumors. Cancer patients sometimes have hundreds of lesions, i.e. pathological changes caused by the ...

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Houston neurosurgeon is facing charges for allegedly over-injecting his patient with lidocaine ... a lidocaine injection can be used as a local anesthetic to prevent ...

According to Dr. Alba Yunen, a patient’s exposure to radiation is “significantly lower” in a low dose scan versus a traditional CT scan. Low dose scans are also completed faster than ...

Where it really shines is when images of the heart are needed. You see with a regular CT scan, patients take medication to slow down their heart rate before they are scanned. With this dual source ...

A coroner has raised concerns about medical scans not being followed up after a CT scan detecting cancer was not viewed, leading a hospital patient to die "sooner" than he may have. Richard Roe, 75, ...

Rising heart attack cases among young adults have prompted a surge in cardiac CT scans, particularly after the deaths of ... between 2022 and 2024, 38% of the 2,593 patients who underwent angioplasty ...