Each patient underwent imaging for evaluation and staging of their lung cancer, which included a CT scan of the chest. Additionally, these CT scans could be used to detect atherosclerosis of the ...

Your doctor may use X-rays or CT scans to figure out if you have pneumoconiosis. If you have the disease, images from these tests will show scar tissue in your lungs or dense lumps of tissue ...

Columbus Regional Health has the ability to screen for lung cancer and identify it in early stages. Timely identification and ...

Pope Francis is facing complex medical problems. A day after the Vatican said he has a ‘polymicrobial infection’ of his ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) – On Pope Francis’ fifth day in a Rome hospital, doctors repeated their assessment that his condition was ...

More often, nodules are the result of old infections, scar tissue or exposure ... is inserted through the skin of the chest wall (with the guidance of a CT scan) and into the nodule to get a ...

high-resolution CT scans will be a game-changer in diagnosing lung diseases. “The lungs are an intricate organ with more than 23 airways branching from the trachea to the alveoli,” he says.

Several cardiovascular risk factors, such as advanced age and smoking history, are prevalent among lung cancer patients at the time of the diagnosis and increase their risk of future heart disease, ...

a clinical oncologist at The Nairobi West Hospital dittoes the role of chest CT scans in early lung cancer detection, and why (Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans are the most powerful tool ...

Watanabe and his team from Niigata University have revealed that PET/CT image analysis ... called interstitial lung disease. Interstitial lung disease is characterized by scarring (fibrosis ...

There’s a push for those at high risk of lung cancer to get a low-dose CT scan through the campaign “Saved by the Scan.” Neurosurgeon and scientist Dr. Jandial walked us through the process. For ...

Several cardiovascular risk factors, such as advanced age and smoking history, are prevalent among lung cancer patients at the time of the diagnosis and increase their risk of future heart disease, ...