Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body's internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman about her research indicating CT scans, which emit radiation, will cause some 100,000 cases of cancer annually. X-rays and CT scans have ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest, abdomen, and spine, taken originally to detect problems such as kidney stones or growths on the lungs, can be repurposed through artificial intelligence ...

X-rays and CT scans have revolutionized medicine. Doctors can look inside the body and diagnose diseases even before people feel ill. But medical imaging that uses radiation comes at a cost. A new ...