He made his brothers get their arteries checked. Each had advanced heart disease.

Patrick's scan showed "significant blockages" in his arteries, Murray said. He was at high risk for a dangerous cardiac event ...
Laconia Daily Sun

Medical Imaging Contributing To Water Pollution, Experts Say

For MRI scans, radiologists use gadolinium, a substance that alters the magnetic properties of water molecules in the human ...

Doctors treat patient with rare thoracic aortic aneurysm

Madurai: A 50-year-old man from Pudukottai was treated for a rare and potentially fatal thoracic aortic aneurysm after he ...
IEEE

Guiding the Classification of Hepatocellular Carcinoma on 3D CT-Scans Using Deep and Handcrafted Radiological Features

Abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most spread primary liver cancer across the world (~80% of the liver tumors). The gold standard for HCC diagnosis is liver biopsy. However, in the clinical ...

Dear Doctor: Can contrast dye used during MRIs cause symptoms of hyperthyroidism?

You are also right that the iodine-containing dye from CT scans can precipitate hyperthyroidism in a person who is destined to get it. However, the risk of this occurring is low. There is no increased ...
The Vindicator

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Dye in CT scans can aggravate thyroid

I am a male who is 58 years of age. I recently had an MRI of my cervical spine, and just this month, I had a CT scan of my whole abdomen. Since then, I have had symptoms of dry eyes, weight loss and ...

Millions of liters of medical imaging contrast media contribute to environmental pollution, study reveals

A new study published in JAMA Network Open highlights the significant environmental footprint of medical imaging contrast ...