A new paper in the British Journal of Surgery, published by Oxford University Press, indicates it's now possible to diagnose appendicitis using low-does CT scans, decreasing the radiation exposure, ...
A new paper in the British Journal of Surgery, published by Oxford University Press, indicates it's now possible to diagnose appendicitis using low-does CT scans, decreasing the radiation exposure, ...
Nov. 16 (UPI) --CT scans expose patients to radiation, even as they help doctors spot serious health problems. Now, a new study finds low-dose scans can spot appendicitis readily while reducing ...
NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The number of U.S. children and adults getting computed tomography scans to diagnose appendicitis has shot up since the 1990s, according to a study -- raising questions ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors could soon be diagnosing appendicitis with a computed tomography (CT) technique that uses only half the radiation dose of current methods. According to a statement ...
Ultrasonography and medical resonance imaging offer similar clinical outcomes as computed tomography scans for detecting pediatric appendicitis, according to a study in Pediatrics. Researchers found ...