ABU DHABI, UAE — Extending the simple CT angiography (CTA) scan given to all patients with acute stroke on presentation to the hospital to include the upper part of the heart increased the detection ...

DALLAS, April 5 – The accuracy of diagnosing a blocked brain vessel in an emergency setting improved nearly 100 percent when physicians used a high-speed CT scanner, researchers report in today’s ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A deep learning algorithm quantified coronary artery calcium scores from routine chest CT scans. Patients with a ...

The National Quality Forum, the group that sets medical guidelines used by CMS to evaluate and reimburse medical facilities for services, has rejected a rule that would require a CT scan within 45 ...

Including cardiac CT in the initial hyperacute stroke imaging protocol gives a higher yield for detecting high-risk cardioaortic sources of embolism than the current practice of performing later ...