Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis that confers increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Measured by noncontrast cardiac computed tomography, CAC ...

Medical imaging scans can cost anywhere from a few hundred to thousands of dollars for patients. A Miami company says it has ...

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It is the second PCCT scanner to be installed in New Zealand. A Photon Counting Computed Tomography (PCCT) scanner has been ...

The King County Medical Examiner's Office has started using CT scans to help assist in local death investigations.

Abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most spread primary liver cancer across the world (~80% of the liver tumors). The gold standard for HCC diagnosis is liver biopsy. However, in the clinical ...

Many studies have shown the inverse relationship between bone mineral density (BMD) - the gold standard measure for osteopenia/osteoporosis - and coronary calcium (CAC) - a biomarker of heart attack ...

As back-to-school season is in full swing, families are stocking up on notebooks, pencils, calculators, and yes, period supplies. Because the truth is, period supplies are school supplies. Yet for too ...

About 40% of cancers among Americans can be attributed to potentially modifiable factors such as smoking, drinking, obesity, and physical inactivity. If a widely reported study from earlier this year ...

Abstract: This work introduces a metamaterial cover layer designed to extend the scan range of patch-antenna phased arrays in both principal planes without compromising directivity. The key innovation ...