computed tomography

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But a new study questions whether scans—specifically computed tomography scans—are causing more cancer than we thought, specifically among the patients who receive them.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2025

The data were taken from computed tomography of subjects in the National Institutes of Health Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, or MESA.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

In general, computed tomography and MRI are reliable indicators of these changes.

From Scientific American • Oct. 21, 2023

Victoria Sjoholt Engelschion, a doctoral researcher at the Natural History Museum in Oslo, came across bits of bluish ichthyosaur bones when she was making computed tomography scans of clumps of fossilized clams from the area.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

For those who can get screened, the most common way is using low-dose computed tomography scans, called LDCT.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023