Ultra-low-dose CT can diagnose pneumonia in immunocompromised patients while using far less radiation

Denoised ultra-low-dose CT can effectively diagnose pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using only 2% of the radiation ...
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Weirton Medical introduces low dose lung CT scan program for cancer detection

HANCOCK COUNTY, W.Va. — Weirton Medical Center is adding to its toolbox when it comes to early detection for lung cancer, through its new Low Dose Lung CT Scanning Program. The program provides early ...
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Healthbeat 4: How CNOS Imaging Center uses low-dose CT lung screenings that can detect early signs of lung cancer

DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. (KTIV) - Providing imaging that could save a life. Since June 2024, the CNOS Imaging Center in Dakota Dunes has provided low-dose CT lung screenings. “This is more of a preventative ...
WFMZ-TV

Health Beat: Improving low dose CT scans

There's a new technology that's helping dramatically reduce lung cancer deaths. Low dose CT scans have revolutionized early lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, but sometimes it's hard to tell if the ...
MD&M East

Researchers Rev Up Low-Dose CT

An unfortunate byproduct of CT scans is the possibility of exposing patients to high doses of radiation, which can increase cancer risk. For that reason, many experts recommend low-dose CT scanners.
6abc News

Healthy Chest Initiative boosts early detection beyond lung cancer

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Low-dose CT scans are saving lives by finding lung cancer earlier. However, those tests have an even bigger value in overall health. Lung cancer survival has risen since the US ...
Acsh.org

Low-Dose Radiation Carcinogenesis: Are CT Scans Causing 103,000 Excess Cancers Annually?

Are CT scans silently triggering a cancer epidemic — or are we being misled by speculative modeling and media-fueled fear? A new article warns of 103,000 additional cancers from diagnostic imaging, ...
Daily Journal

MSDH promotes low-dose CT scans for former smokers

According to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH), approximately one in 1,700 Mississippians will die of lung cancer. The leading cause of lung cancer is cigarette smoke and secondhand ...
Chicago Sun-Times

If you smoke or once did, get screened for lung cancer with a low-dose CT scan

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Becker's Hospital Review

Study Shows Lung Cancer Mortality Decreases With Low-Dose CT Scans

Low-dose CT scans could reduce mortality in lung cancer patients by up to 20 percent, according to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine. From Aug. 2002 through April 2004, researchers ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Letter: Low-dose screening CT of the chest saves lives

Do you know that, if you are a current or former smoker, there is a test that is more likely to save your life than a yearly mammogram or a screening colonoscopy? Of all malignancies, lung cancer is ...