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Case submitted by Ellie Goulding, M.D., via radRounds.
A 45-year old patient presented with an elevated white blood count (WBC) and right upper quadrant pain. What does the computed tomography (CT) scan reveal?
Study Says CT Scan is More Predictive than Genetic Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease Risk
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The Reading Room: Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Cancer Screenings, and COVID-19
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CT Study Examines Post-Reperfusion Infarction Growth in Vaccine-Naive Patients with COVID-19
May 17th 2023Unvaccinated people with COVID-19 who undergo angiographic reperfusion after acute ischemic stroke may have a greater than fivefold risk of continued infarct growth in comparison to unvaccinated people without COVID-19, according to computed tomography perfusion (CTP) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings from a recently published study.
Philips Introduces AI-Enhanced CT System for High-Volume Radiology Screening Programs
May 17th 2023The artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled CT 3500 system reportedly reduces patient positioning time by 23 percent, improves low-contrast detectability by 60 percent and facilitates up to an 80 percent reduction in radiation dosing.
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