Brain aneurysms are a potentially fatal medical condition that may exist without any symptoms until they rupture. CT scans offer one way to learn more about the location, size, and shape of a ...

Abnormal Brain Scans In Children With COVID-19 Revealed In Data From 96 Studies The research underscores how much more we have to learn about what the virus can do to the brain.

To reduce unnecessary CT use, some hospitals have begun using blood-based biomarkers to guide triage in mild head trauma.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology recommends immediate brain CT scans to screen certain emergency room patients with seizures. Evidence shows such ...

TOPLINE: A study found that 1 in 6 older adults with delirium in the emergency department (ED) had abnormal findings on head CT, even without traditional risk factors for intracranial pathology.

CT angiography sensitivity ranged from 75.5–87.3%, while specificity held near 90% across scales. Sensitivity refers to how well a test finds its target, in this case, brain death.

April 19, 2011 -- The criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease has been updated to incorporate new brain imaging and biochemical tests that could signal the disease before symptoms appear.

For every 10,000 children who received one head CT examination, about one radiation-induced brain cancer is expected during the 5–15 years following the CT examination, researchers warn.

If you have something that can do a test that comes back relatively quickly, well maybe you can save maybe half of them the radiation that comes to the brain from a CT scan," Dr. Kitagawa said.