An abdominal CT scan packs an extraordinary amount of information into a single image, layering dozens of organs and hundreds of possible conditions. It's widely considered one of the most complex ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - More than half of patients receiving abdominal CT scans, an advanced type of X-ray, got them for tests they did not need, exposing them to excess radiation that could raise the ...

The pancreas has long been one of the most stubborn organs in medical imaging. Nestled deep in the abdomen, surrounded by the stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys and a tangle of blood vessels, it rarely ...

A small lump on the adrenal gland is one of the most common accidental findings in modern medicine. Radiologists call them ...

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) ― A study of more than 12,000 children from emergency departments throughout the country in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) has identified seven ...

Newswise — Head and abdominal trauma is a leading cause of death for children. About 1%–2% of children who come to emergency departments with head or abdominal injuries require immediate intervention.

A research team has developed a versatile machine learning model that could one day greatly expand what medical scans can tell us about disease. Scientists used their tool, named Merlin, to assess 3D ...

Share on Pinterest Research suggests that AI can help predict fall risk by analyzing abdominal CT scans. Image credit: Diego Martin/Stocksy As people age, the risk of falls increases, primarily due to ...

On September 18, Alibaba's research institute released an AI that reads abdominal CT scans.Its name is RADAR. It was trained on over 420,000 contrast-enhanced abdominal CT scans and can identify 146 ...