standardmedia.co.ke3 个月
Understanding your chest CT and PET scans in lung cancer detection
Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the hospital. [James Wanzala, Standard] Despite recent breakthroughs that have ...
standardmedia.co.ke3 个月
Understanding your chest CT and PET scans in lung cancer detection
To explain the nuances of lung cancer imaging, Dr Solomon Mutua, a clinical oncologist at The Nairobi West Hospital dittoes the role of chest CT scans in early lung cancer detection, and why ...
Medscape5 天
An Update on the Evaluation and Management of Small Pulmonary Nodules
The widespread utilization of chest CT scans has increased the importance of the proper evaluation of incidentally found lung nodules. The primary goal in the evaluation of these nodules is to ...
iaea.org1 年
Computed tomography (CT) - what patients need to know
What are the typical radiation doses associated with CT examinations? CT scans of the head, for example, expose patients to about the equivalence of one year of natural radiation. This is about 100 ...