A 90-year-old woman's cancer diagnosis was delayed afterhospital staff mistakenly scanned the wrong person due to the patients having the same first name. Pamela Honeybone needed a CT scan at the NHS ...
ORWIGSBURG – Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital unveiled a new CT scan machine Tuesday morning at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the hospital’s radiology suite. “The new scanner has the ability to capture ...
While these advanced imaging tools save lives by detecting injuries and illness, mounting evidence suggests they may come with long-term consequences that patients need to understand before agreeing ...
Resident physicians are warning that an upcoming plan to replace an old imaging machine at Kings County Hospital could jeopardize patient safety, creating a backlog of patients in one of the city’s ...
Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body's internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...
Ascension St. John will soon have a new way to detect cancer in patients throughout Green Country. The hospital system is going to use a new mobile PET/CT scan to save even more lives. Ascension St.
* New studies prompt concern about cancer risk from CT scans * Experts say an individual's cancer risk is low from CT scan * Use of CT scans has soared in past three decades By Julie Steenhuysen ...
Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...