Computed tomography volumetry measures correlated well with diabetes mellitus status in patients with pancreatic disease, according to a study published in Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.
INTRODUCTION Reliable estimation of left ventricular (LV) parameters with the use of computed tomography (CT) has not been verified in patients with low ejection fraction (EF) so far. OBJECTIVES The ...
Your doctor uses the calcium-score screening heart scan to evaluate risk for future coronary artery disease. If calcium is present, the computer will create a calcium "score" that estimates the extent ...
» Does the patient exposure from a CT procedure depend on the number of slices? Before answering this question, let’s compare two radiation quantities involved. First, dose, or absorbed dose, ...
Bente Ulvestad, Mariann Ulvestad, Nils Petter Skaugset, Trond Mogens Aaløkken, Anne Günther, Thomas Clemm, May Brit Lund and Dag Gunnar Ellingsen Objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ...
The advent of computed tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. Since the inception of CT in the 1970s, its use has increased rapidly. It is estimated that more than 62 million CT ...
(Nanowerk News) The McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center (MNRC) in Sacramento, CA was developed by the U.S. Air Force to detect corrosion and defects in aircraft structure using an imaging technique ...
A cranial CT scan is a diagnostic tool used to create detailed pictures of features inside your head, such as your skull, brain, paranasal sinuses, ventricles, and eye sockets. CT stands for computed ...