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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics. Doctors performing certain medical scans on ...

Anaphylactic reactions to iodinated contrast media (ICM) might be rare but cases that do occur often have a dangerous pattern of non-resolving or recurring symptoms despite treatment, a large analysis ...

Payment for certain contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging procedures will double under a newly assigned billing code, according to an announcement by the International Contrast Ultrasound ...

Computed tomography is now doing for ancient metalworking what it once did for medicine, turning opaque fragments of slag into detailed cross-sections of early technology. By peering inside 5,000-year ...

JACKSON – Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. One of the reasons why is that it often goes unnoticed until it reaches an advanced stage. When caught in early stages ...