An MRI takes pictures using magnetic waves, not radiation. X-rays and CTs (also called CAT scans) both use radiation, although the levels in a CT can be 50 or more times higher than in an X-ray. That ...

The demand for skilled imaging professionals is expected to keep rising in 2025 and beyond, driven by an aging population, ...

When you’re not feeling well, a health care provider can often make a diagnosis based on your symptoms, vital signs, and medical history. But when it comes to examining bones, internal organs, or soft ...

SUNDAY, May 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The out-of-pocket price for a standard chest X-ray, CT scan or ultrasound can vary by hundreds of dollars, depending on where the imaging is done, new research ...

PET CT scans are now at Ascension Sacred Heart Bay. Doctors say it will primarily be utilized for cancer treatment.

New research reveals that the out-of-pocket cost for a standard chest X-ray, CT scan or ultrasound can widely vary, depending on where the imaging is done, according to a HealthDay report. The ...

A CT scan technique that splits a full X-ray beam into thin beamlets can deliver the same quality of image at a much reduced radiation dose, according to a new study. The technique, demonstrated on a ...

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, M.D., a professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine ...

This new equine CT scanner, the first of its kind in California, is integrated onto a complex platform that can be moved both ...