Each point in each slice of a CT scan is essentially a separate test, and the chance that a whole body CT scan is going to turn up something somewhere that looks funny is nearly 100%.
In Wednesday's study, patients who already had cancer diagnoses or who developed cancer within two years of a CT scan were excluded, to decrease the likelihood that risk calculations would be inflated by patients who would have developed cancer without getting a CT scan.
The good news is that there is also a CT scan available to detect fatty deposits that constitute soft plaque, called a Coronary CT Angiography (CTA).
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Take, for example, the fear of a child who has to endure the harrowing experience of a CT Scan.. In a TED talk in 2012, Kelley spoke about children who walk into the CT room and are handed a black felt pirate cap.
In 49 major metro areas, CT scan prices vary by more than 500 percent.
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In most cases, even with a CT scan, the cancer is found too late.
Additionally, I have a chest x-ray every six months or so and a yearly CT scan.
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One criticism of the coronary CT scan has been the radiation exposure associated with the test.
Tsarnaev was taken to X-ray, had a CT scan and was then taken to the operating room.
After suffering from severe stomach pains, he was sent to have a CT scan at Ninewells Hospital.
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The Dutch striker underwent a CT scan at Hull Royal Infirmary but has been allowed to return home.
We observed each child in intensive care for at least twenty-four hours and got a repeat CT scan.
"Alex receives a CT scan every three months now to see what the tumour is doing, " says Linda.
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The Dodgers said Greinke was examined Friday by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles and had a CT scan.
Patients with a positive coronary CT scan would then require a cardiac catheterization, with possible angioplasty and stent placement.
Solicitors for the family said a CT scan, which showed a tumour on his left lung, was overlooked by doctors.
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For example, a patient complaining of a migraine in a standard practice is likely to have a CT Scan ordered.
Patients are five times as likely to receive a CT scan in the U.S. as in the U.K., said Dr. Craft.
The coronary CT scan is designed for low to intermediate risk patients, when applied as a triage tool in the ER.
She said after the initial transplant operation, a further CT scan returned abnormal results and so another operation was carried out.
It's said the process is similar to how a CT scan functions, but uses visible light instead of X-rays.
The CT scan lasts about 15 minutes, during which time images of the heart and surrounding vasculature (arteries, veins, aorta) are taken.
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In Dr. Xu's lab, virtual patients are exposed to virtual radiation in doses similar to that of a CT scan or cancer-radiation treatment.
Then, in October, a CT scan showed that the tumor deposits in her left lung and chest and lymph nodes had grown substantially.
The next big step was getting a CT scan of Kaiba's lungs so that the splint could be fitted to his organs' exact dimensions.
By the time Mellinger arrived at Landstuhl, the doctors already had a thick file with his medical records, including x-rays and a CT scan.
An X-ray showed that he had pneumonia, and a CT scan revealed something even scarier: His right lung was filled with a thick, gelatinous fluid.
Lime Solicitors, which is representing the family, said a CT scan revealed a 1cm nodule on his upper left lung but this was missed by doctors.
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Bosniak uses a complicated algorithm of CT scan characteristics such as size, density and perfusion to place cystic renal masses into one of five different categories.
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