''Imaging providers have decreased the use of anesthesia and sedation among children over the past decade, according to a new analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics [1]. The percentage of CT and MRI encounters that used these two techniques to calm ...'

'' University of Missouri School of Medicine neurologist Adnan Qureshi, MD recently led a study that discovered last year's iodinated media contrast dye shortage affected the assessment of stroke patients at hospitals across the country. Injecting or ...'

''The aims of this study were to determine the objective and subjective image quality of high-pitch computed tomography (CT) angiography of the aorta in clinical dual-source photon-counting detector CT (PCD-CT) and to compare the image quality to ...'

''The first photon-counting-detector (PCD) CT scanner available for clinical use outperforms current state-of-the art CT. PCD-CT systems have shown several advantages over standard CT, including suppression of electronic noise, improved spatial ...'

''The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Sept. 30 cleared the world's first photon-counting computed tomography (CT) scanner, the Siemens Naeotom Alpha. Both the FDA and CT experts say this is the start of a revolution in new CT scanner technology, ...'

''Applying a machine-based learning algorithm to images captured with CT colonography makes it possible for radiologists to differentiate between benign and pre-malignant colorectal polyps. In industrialized countries across the globe, colorectal cancer ...'

''Children are a distinct group of patients in terms of medical imaging. Their size, physiology and the location of their organs change as the child grows, and the fact that children have a longer life expectancy than adults must also be taken into account ...'

''Photon-counting detector (PCD) CT is an emerging technology that has shown tremendous progress in the last decade. Various types of PCD CT systems have been developed to investigate the benefits of this technology, which include reduced electronic noise, ...'

''Compulsory community service (CCS) is a concept that was adopted by many countries as a strategy to address the shortage of health workers. CCS was initiated in 1997 in the South African healthcare system to alleviate improper distribution of health ...'

''CT protocols and radiation doses vary significantly across different countries, according to a new study published in the BMJ. The authors added, however, that developing a consistent standard 'should be possible.' It is important to minimize ...'