Brain injuries are being assessed with a blood test rather than a costly CT scan

North Shore University Hospital has been using a blood test instead of radiation to help determine whether a patient has ...
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Two plasma-based biomarkers may accurately predict positive CT head scans in traumatic ...

A plasma cartridge measuring Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) and Ubiquitin C-terminal Hydrolase-L1 (UCH-L1) has the ...
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Use of head CT scans in ERs more than doubles over 15 years

MINNEAPOLIS — A new study shows large increases in the use of computed tomography (CT) scans of the head in emergency departments across the United States from 2007 to 2022. The study, which was ...
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AI CT scan reading could slash wait times for critical diagnoses

A wave of peer-reviewed research from hospitals in England and the United States shows that artificial intelligence software reading CT scans of the brain can dramatically cut the time between imaging ...
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What Is a Brain Scan and Should You Get One? Here’s What to Know

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a ...
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Use of head CT scans in ERs more than doubles over 15 years

A new study shows large increases in the use of computed tomography (CT) scans of the head in emergency departments across the United States from 2007 to 2022. The study, which was published on ...
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Head CT scan use in emergency rooms doubled from 2007 to 2022

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CT head scans were ordered in approximately 175 million ED encounters. Patients who received scans were mainly ...