Head-CT-scanning is a cornerstone procedure during the management of patients admitted for acute brain injury (ABI) in intensive care unit (ICU). But intrahospital transfer for these procedure is ...

Neurointensive care units (NICUs) are highly specialized facilities designed to provide intensive care for individuals with critical neurological conditions, including ischemic stroke, traumatic brain ...

The Pediatric NEXUS Head Computed Tomography (CT) Decision Instrument (DI) reliably identifies blunt trauma patients who require head CT imaging and could significantly reduce the use of CT imaging.

VMPLNew Delhi [India], June 23: In one of oncology’s most anatomically complex regions, the difference between an accurate treatment plan and an imprecise one can be measured in millimetres, and felt ...

Photon-counting CT may offer advantages in paediatric CT imaging, with lower dose metrics and improved image quality. Find ...

The number of emergency department encounters that included a head CT more than doubled between 2007 and 2022, according to a study published Nov. 19 in Neurology. Researchers from the medical schools ...

CT imaging of blood vessels in the brain. Lower right image shows a volumetric reconstruction. (Cynthia McCollough, Mayo Clinic, via Physics Today) October 1st, 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the ...

To reduce unnecessary CT use, some hospitals have begun using blood-based biomarkers to guide triage in mild head trauma. Biomarkers such as glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and ubiquitin ...

Jan Casselman, MD, PhD, trained at the University of Leuven, Belgium, with fellowships at UCLA and the University of Florida.

Computed tomography, or CT, is a ubiquitous X-ray imaging technique used to perform more than 300 million medical imaging exams globally each year. Use of the technique continues to grow, with CT ...

St. Luke's Medical Center - Global City has become the first private hospital in the Philippines to install the Siemens ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...