CT scans are vital to diagnosing brain bleeds but also involve high amounts of radiation exposure. Following specific ...

Subarachnoid hemorrhage is a rare but potentially fatal cause of headache. According to results from a recent study, CT scans enable clinicians to identify patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage ...

Viz SDH, which aims to detect subdural hematomas in CT images of the brain, is lucky No. 7 on Viz.ai's list of FDA-cleared imaging analysis algorithms.

Alcohol can raise the risk of falls by making people less steady on their feet and affecting their thinking and reaction time. As people get older, their bodies don’t handle alcohol as well as they ...

We live in an age where medical technology can uncover what the naked eye can’t, and CT scans are a major part of that advancement. But with growing chatter around radiation exposure and potential ...

The family members of a retired teacher consented to donate her organs after doctors at Manipal Hospital confirmed her brain ...

Mostly Unnecessary Ordering a head CT scan on every older adult who has fallen is "inefficient and costly" because most do not have intracranial bleeding, write the study authors.

CT scans could cause 5% of cancers, study finds; experts note uncertainty The estimates are small and uncertain, but balancing risks and benefits is critical.

Everyone who comes to the hospital with a suspected intracerebral hemorrhage undergoes a computerized tomography (CT) scan of the brain. Depending on the severity of the hemorrhage, neurosurgery ...

CT findings were divided into 2 categories: acute findings indicating the need for immediate medical care (for example, ischemic infarct, hydrocephalus, or intracranial hemorrhage) or explanatory ...

A new report offers a protocol to help doctors tell if an older adult needs head imaging following a fall.