Should I ask my doctor for a whole-body CT screening? There is no evidence demonstrating any benefits from whole-body CT screening of individuals. Several investigational studies of the effectiveness ...

Whole-body CT (WBCT) did not appear to detect clinically meaningful occult injuries in older adults who had falls from standing, suggesting that a targeted clinical suspicion–based approach to ...

Considering a trendy whole-body CT scan after hearing celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton and Jason Bateman tout their benefits? Weigh the cancer risk from the scan’s radiation before making ...

A CT scan of the abdomen can show the organs, blood vessels, and bones in your abdominal cavity. The multiple images provided by the scan can give your doctor many different views of your body.

Annual whole-body, low-dose computed tomography (WBLDCT) can improve the management of smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM), ...

To address this issue, researchers have developed a deep transfer learning approach (a type of AI) for fully automated, whole-body tumor segmentation and prognosis on PET/CT scans. Data from 611 ...

In its simplest form, a CT scan is used only for the localization of abnormalities seen on a PET scan (non-diagnostic scan). The radiation dose from such a scan can be low (e.g. an effective dose of ...

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