In combination with a biopsy, a CT scan can help confirm the presence of stomach cancer, its location, and the extent of its spread.

A new study reveals that abdominal CT scans play a significant role in diagnosing sarcopenia, a potentially reversible muscle-wasting condition that affects millions of older adults.

It’s also important to recognize that CT scans use ionizing radiation to create images, and ionizing radiation — especially if the scan uses a high dose of radiation or a patient gets repeated scans — ...

A doctor can diagnose what is causing an abdominal mass with an MRI scan, CT scan, or X-ray. In this article, we talk about the causes, accompanying symptoms, and diagnosis of an abdominal mass.

More than 100,000 future cancer cases were projected to result from the 93 million CT examinations performed in 2023, according to a study published April 14 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Low-dose CT ...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico underwent a follow-up abdominal CT scan and remains conscious and communicative, doctors treating him said on Tuesday, as he recovers from being hit by four ...

Two series of abdominal CT scan slices, standard on the left and AbdomenAtlas’ organ segmentation on the right Image : Johns Hopkins University ...

Unenhanced CT was about 30% less accurate than contrast-enhanced CT for the evaluation of acute abdominal pain in the emergency department (ED), a retrospective study showed.

Doctors use two types of ultrasound to help detect and diagnose pancreatic cancer: abdominal ultrasounds and endoscopic ultrasounds. Learn more about these tests.

A new PET scan reliably detects benign tumors in the pancreas, according to research led by Radboud university medical center.

A fully automated and normalized body composition analysis of abdominal CT has promise to augment traditional cardiovascular risk prediction models.