Photon-counting CT outperforms conventional CT in lung cancer management

In a prospective imaging study of 200 adults with lung cancer, photon-counting CT reduced radiation exposure, yielded fewer ...
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Can CT Scans Accurately Detect Lung Cancer?

Lung cancer is the No. 1 cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Screening with low dose computed tomography (called low dose CT or LDCT) can save lives for people at high risk for this ...

Experts Want More People Screened for Lung Cancer. Here's Why

Some experts are calling for universal lung cancer screening.
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Post-COVID-19 CT scans show lung abnormalities persist two years later

CT scan findings indicating ILAs included reticular pathologies or ground-glass opacities (GGOs), traction-type bronchiectasis, lung architectural distortion, non-emphysematous lung cysts, and ...
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Chest CT reveals persistent lung abnormalities in patients two years post-COVID

Chest CT revealed persistent lung abnormalities in patients two years after COVID-19, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). This ...
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Consensus Offers Best Practices for Post-COVID-19 Residual Abnormalities on Chest CT

The recommendations include the use of chest CT in patients with persistent or progressive respiratory symptoms at 3 months after infection and the use of low-dose CT protocols for follow-up CT ...
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Emphysema at CT lung screening linked to higher risk of death in asymptomatic adults

Emphysema detected on baseline low-dose chest CT (LDCT) in the lung cancer screening cohort of more than 9,000 asymptomatic adults was associated with death from all causes, chronic obstructive ...