Obese patients have increased cancer risk as they receive higher radiation dose Medha Baranwal Baranwal2 Jan 2019 7:05 PM ISTUnited Kingdom: Obese patients undergoing projection radiography receive a higher radiation dose [measured by dose area product (DAP)] as compared to...
Radiation doses from CT scans should not be variable, opine experts Hina Zahid4 Jan 2019 7:10 PM ISTRadiation doses from CT scans should not be variable, opine experts. There are large differences in radiation doses used for CT scans mainly due to...
For Spinal injections which is better -Fluoroscopy or CT-guided intervention Vinay Singh singh11 Jan 2019 7:05 PM ISTRadiation exposure in fluoroscopy-guided lumbar spinal injections was lower for participants and higher for physicians when compared with CT-guided...
Shorter radiotherapy course effective for prostate cancer: JAMA Deepanjana Sarkar14 Feb 2019 7:10 PM ISTA new study has reported that men having a low-intermediate risk of prostate cancer can safely undergo stereotactic body radiotherapy, a form of...
New radiotherapy improves mesothelioma patient's survival by two folds, ESTRO Deepanjana Sarkar6 May 2019 7:28 PM ISTA study presented at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology, ESTRO has revealed that a high dose of radiation to the affected side of the...
New approach offers safer and more accurate CT scans, finds study Deepanjana Sarkar20 Jun 2019 7:10 PM ISTNew York- Machine learning approach could help produce safer, more accurate computed tomography (CT ) scan images while also running more rapidly than...
CT scan radiations associated with increased risk for thyroid cancer and leukaemia Hina Zahid21 Nov 2019 7:10 PM ISTGlobally use of computed tomographic (CT) scans has increased for diagnosing diseases. Although the use of computed tomography increases diagnostic...
New filler device may dramatically accelerate bone healing after injury Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli8 Oct 2019 7:28 PM ISTNew therapy may dramatically accelerate bone healing after injury.The Scientists at the Michigan Medicine are pioneering a device shown to accelerate...
Fourfold rise in CT scan rates in pregnant women, finds a study Deepanjana Sarkar29 July 2019 7:10 PM ISTThe computed tomography (CT) scan rates in the U.S has remarkably increased in the past two decades. According to a new study, there is a fourfold...
Imaging in hemoptysis patients Latest Guideline by KSTR Medha Baranwal Baranwal9 Sept 2018 7:03 PM ISTThe Korean Society of Radiology and the Korean Society of Thoracic Radiology KSTR have proposed a new clinical imaging guideline for adult patients...
Yes, Radiation from mobile phones adversely impacts memory Medha Baranwal Baranwal24 July 2018 8:28 PM ISTRadiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) emitted by wireless communication devices such as mobile phones can have an adverse effect on cognitive...
Brain tumor scientists map mutation that drives tumors in childhood cancer survivors Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Aug 2017 9:15 AM ISTNeuroscientists have uncovered the genetic basis for why many long-term survivors of childhood cancer develop meningiomas, the most common adult brain...
