Some brain aneurysms can be life threatening and may only be detected using medical imagery like CT scans. A CT scan offers doctors a picture of the brain and skull. It can help doctors to ...

Concussion patients can develop persistent, sometimes severe symptoms as a result of their head injury, but traditional tests often fail to identify which patients are most at-risk. Now, a group ...

Children and young adults who are exposed to a single CT scan of the head or neck before age 22 years are at significantly increased risk of developing a brain tumor, particularly glioma ...

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 ...

These diagnostic marvels help detect everything from brain ... scan requests even when limited clinical evidence suggests they would provide useful information. This widespread adoption of CT ...

“Further research with more precise dosimetry, including dose distribution within the brain, is needed.” Receipt of at least one head/neck CT scan conferred a nearly three-fold increase in ...

But instead of celestial bodies sparkling in the night, doctors in South Korea were gazing at bright brain lesions punctuating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. The resulting pattern ...

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 ...