 CT modality focus page provides information, videos, podcasts, and the latest news about industry product developments, trial results, screening guidelines, and protocol guidance that touch on the use of CT across the healthcare continuum, from various cancer screenings, such as lung and colon, to cardiothoracic imaging, to appendicitis, and more.

Videos

Canon's latest entry into the PET/CT market is a digital, air-cooled system that provides customizable solutions for a range of clients. 

Canon's Cartesion Prime is a Digital PET/CT Solution Fit for the Times

Articles

GE Healthcare unveils on-site detection upgrades and other advances with CT system as well as a new MRI device.

New Version of Revolution Apex CT Platform Offers Increased Scalability and Efficiency

New research emphasizes roles of anterior collaterals and ischemic core growth rate in assessing patients with large vessel occlusion. 

Collateral Pattern on CT Angiography May Help Identify Candidates for Delayed Endovascular Thrombectomy

A deep learning model was developed to detect intracranial hemorrhage in computed tomography scans without medical annotation.

Algorithm Can Detect Intracranial Hemorrhage in CT Without Medical Annotation 

Study findings have the potential to widen the indication for treating patients in the extended window using simpler and more widespread non-contrast CT. 

Non-contrast CT Matches Advanced Imaging in Late Presentation of Stroke  

Diagnostic Imaging sat down with medical physicist and CT expert Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD, to learn more about the history of CT and its expanding potential in medical imaging. 

50 Years of CT: Then, Now, and What’s to Come 

The approval represents the first major technological advance in CT in nearly a decade.

FDA Clears Siemens’ New CT Scanner With Photon-Counting Detector 

Whitney J. Palmer has been with Diagnostic Imaging since 2011, serving as the Senior Editor since November 2019. She has 20 years experience in healthcare and academic medicine reporting.

Combination can also help patients avoid unnecessary invasive procedures.

PET/MRI + Radiopharmaceuticals Can Identify Malignant Brain Tumors

Use of head and neck CTA has increased significantly among commercially insured and Medicare Advantage patients. 

ED Neuroimaging Spikes over Decade

Implementing routine use of these techniques could offer the most opportunity for assessment, but there are risks to doing so.

Neurology CT