For decades, the definitive answer to a frightening question—whether chest pain signals blocked arteries feeding the heart—has required threading a catheter into the body. Invasive coronary ang ...

These slices are combined to create a detailed 3D view of organs. For kidney stones, doctors usually perform a non-contrast CT scan, meaning no dye or special liquid is needed. Kidney stones appear ...

September 23, 2026Sudden shortness of breath or chest pain. In the emergency department, it is crucial not to miss a pulmonary embolism, where a blood clot blocks a vessel in the lungs. On the other ...

AI increased incidental pulmonary embolism detection on routine CT, although incomplete scan coverage highlighted real-world limitations.

Jeff Silva walked into his CT scan appointment at Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton looking for answers. A biopsy and MRI had recently diagnosed his prostate cancer, and his doctors had ordered a CT ...

Hospitals across the U.S. are being forced to ration medical scans and procedures after a lockdown in Shanghai hit a plant that produces a widely used contrast dye. The dye, made by General Electric, ...

The esophagus is visible on chest CT scans. However, because the esophagus is a tubular organ that can collapse or move, it ...