What did you find? A total of 24 children were admitted with empyema. 58.3% were females. Mean age was 6 years and 54% of the patients were between 5 years to 13 years. All had community-acquired ...

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

But if a CT scan is ultimately deemed to be the best tool—and, to be clear, in certain circumstances it is—then I would not resist getting it out of fear for the small increased lifetime risk ...

CT angiography sensitivity ranged from 75.5–87.3%, while specificity held near 90% across scales. Sensitivity refers to how well a test finds its target, in this case, brain death.

A CT scan (also called a CAT scan) is a series of cross-sectional X-ray images of the body. Learn why a CT scan is performed and what to expect during one.

The hospital's CEO Dr. Martin Wafula says CT scan services cost between Sh15, 000 - Sh70, 000 in the country's private hospitals while it goes above Sh80, 000 in diaspora ...

Your scan may reveal a nodule on your lungs, but that doesn’t mean that you have cancer. Nodules are found in up to half of adults who have a chest X-ray or CT scan of the lungs. [3] But, less ...

The woman's first CT scan was ordered after she had a consultation with the respirologist in November 2023. At that time, the paperwork for the scan indicated that it was for lung cancer screening ...

The government will now roll out MRI scan services in 34 hospitals and CT scan services in 12 hospitals. However, patients may have to pay up to Rs 2,400 for the scan. These services are likely to ...

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to create detailed images of the organs and tissues within the body. MRI can help with viewing injuries, tumors ...

You usually have a planning CT scan in the radiotherapy department. The scan shows the cancer and the area around it. You might have other types of scans such as an MRI to help your treatment team ...