Essentially, a brain scan is a picture of the inside of the skull. They’re typically obtained by technicians using either a ...

Nearly 16 million head CT scans were ordered by emergency rooms in 2022, up from under 8 million in 2007, researchers ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Ray Walker was born slightly premature, but was a perfectly healthy baby up until his four-month appointment at the family’s ...

Children and young adults who are exposed to a single CT scan of the head or neck before age 22 years are at significantly increased risk of developing a brain tumor, particularly glioma, after at ...

The use of CT-based automation for traumatic brain injury may serve as a valuable tool for clinicians to predict disability outcomes in patients. Utilizing automated computed tomography (CT) scans to ...

Lungs that look like "broken glass" on electronic scans are one of the images of COVID-19. Lung problems are a particular concern for "long-haulers" who can't shake the illness' effects. But since the ...

It is now 47 and 38 years respectively, since the first CT and MRI scanners were installed in India. Despite the passage of decades and these scans becoming part of common lexicon, there is still a ...

Scans of a French man's brain were published in The Lancet in 2007. This case has puzzled researchers as it challenges traditional theories of brain function. Brain scans from a 2007 study published ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a disturbance of normal brain functions due to a head injury that everyone is at risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 138 people ...

A rare medical case, first described in The Lancet in 2007, highlights the brain's remarkable adaptability and neuroplasticity. Despite losing 90 percent of his brain, the then 44-year-old French man ...