CT scans, Radiation

Common Medical Scan ‘Routinely’ Delivers Excess Radiation, May Cause 36,000 Cases of Cancer a Year
The scans are estimated to cause 2% of annual cancers — but new measures could keep radiation at safer levels.
Some CT scans deliver too much radiation, researchers say. Regulators want to know more.
Unnecessarily high radiation doses in scans have been linked to cancers. Under new federal rules, doctors and imaging centers have to more closely track and report the doses of radiation that patients receive.
Only 2% the Radiation Dose: New AI Technology Revolutionizes CT Scans
A deep-learning algorithm has enabled ultra-low dose CT scans to diagnose pneumonia with only 2% of the radiation of standard scans. The AI dramatically improved image clarity, reducing false positives and making nodules easier to detect.
New Medicare Rules Aim to Cut Radiation Exposure From CT Scans
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the new requirements to improve consistency in CT scan radiation doses and ensure safer imaging practices. The new guidelines require hospitals and imaging centers to collect and share more information about the radiation their scanners emit.
Can Some CT Scan Radiation Cause Cancer?
In the United States, around 93 million CT scans are performed every year, notes IMV, which is a medical market research company that tracks imaging. The most number of people who are getting these scans are people over the age of 60,
Scientists Built a Lightning Ball of Energy To Catch Distant Radiation
Detecting radiation is a fundamental necessity for national security, but doing so effectively and at a distance is a tall ...
Laser-based radiation detector allows testing from a safer distance
A multi-institutional team of physicists and engineers has developed a laser-based radiation detection system that operates ...
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DNA-busting radiation from star-killing supernova could have influenced evolution on Earth
"It's insane that something is from space can have that kind of an impact on our electronics. So we're thinking, okay, how ...
‘Nervous and rushed': Massive Fukushima plant cleanup exposes workers to high radiation and stress
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown 14 ...
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Tardigrade protein may help humans survive nuclear radiation, aid cancer patients
Researchers have found a way to use tardigrade proteins to potentially revolutionize cancer treatment and space travel.
Astronauts could replace their own mitochondria to treat radiation sickness
Skeptics love to bring up one particular topic regarding long-term human space exploration—radiation. So far, all of the ...
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Years After Radiation Therapy, Echo Parameters Worse in Breast Cancer Patients
Even modern cancer treatments appear risky for the heart, especially if the radiation dose to the LAD is high.
Englewood Health appoints new chief of radiation oncology
Englewood Health appointed Dr. Malay S. Rao as the new chief of radiation oncology at The Lefcourt Family Cancer Treatment ...
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Radiation oncology suite opens at Cooper’s Moorestown campus
MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper opened a state-of-the-art radiation oncology suite at the Cooper University Health Care Moorestown campus . This marks the cancer center’s fifth treatment location ...