Recent findings suggest CT scans could be a major cancer risk, but some critics don’t think the estimates add up.

A decapitated Egyptian mummy's head discovered in an attic in England has undergone a state-of-the-art CT scan to try and uncover its secrets. The head, which is at least 2,000 years old, was thought ...

CT scans are used to investigate all sorts of medical issues, from checking for brain bleeding after a kid takes a hard hit on the soccer field, to revealing what a bike accident did to a cyclist’s ...

Decades after CT and MRI scanners were introduced in India, distribution remains uneven, raising concerns about overuse and ...

Each year, the US performs more than 93 million computed tomography (CT) scans, many of which offer limited clinical value. For patients with mild head injuries, CT scans are often ordered reflexively ...

A risk-benefit analysis favours obtaining a head CT scan in adults who present to the emergency department after a first seizure. Investigators conducted a systematic review of studies among adults ...

How do emergency department staff determine whether older adults who have fallen need imaging? A new decision rule will help emergency department physicians determine which older adults need imaging ...

One grainy, gray-scale image of a brain changed science and medicine forever. Half a century ago, the first CT image of a patient lifted the veil of invisibility that cloaks the interior of the human ...

Micro-X completes its first Head CT imaging test system for the Australian Stroke Alliance to install in a hospital and ...