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The posterior communicating artery supplies blood and oxygen to the brain in instances where the internal carotid or posterior cerebral arteries are blocked. The posterior cerebral arteries provide ...
Background Machine learning algorithms hold the potential to contribute to fast and accurate detection of large vessel occlusion (LVO) in patients with suspected acute ischemic stroke. We assessed the ...
She said her GP requested a CT scan for her, which took place two weeks after she collapsed, and it revealed brain lesions. Health and Care Jersey (HCJ) said "learning about patient experiences is ...
A new study has set off alarm bells, attributing the overuse of computed tomography – or CT – scans to around 5% of new cancer diagnoses annually. Since 2007, this imaging technology has seen ...
A Jersey brain tumour patient has said "processes weren't followed" after she experienced a delay in her diagnosis because she was not offered a CT scan. Sophie Reid, 36, was taken to Jersey ...
Getty A new study has found that the radiation from CT scans could eventually lead to over 100,000 future cancer diagnoses. On Monday, April 14, JAMA Internal Medicine — a monthly peer-reviewed ...
Your next computed tomography, or CT, scan might be riskier than commonly assumed. A study out today calculates that CT scans are contributing to a substantially greater share of cancer cases than ...
CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries, such as aneurysms and ...
(Gray News) - CT scans could be an “important cause of cancer” in the United States, according to a new study. According to the study by scientists at the University of California, San ...
A recent study has raised concerns over the widespread use of Computed Tomography (CT) scans, warning that the technology may come with a hidden health cost. According to a report published in JAMA ...