Sunday Trust on MSN

Lack of PET-CT scan machine impeding cancer care in Nigeria'

Findings revealed that only one PET CT scan machine is available in the whole of Nigeria. No government facility in the country has the machine. The only one available is at a private facility in ...
The Punch on MSN

LUTH operates without functional CT machine for five years – Investigation

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has been operating without a functional Computed Tomography Scan machine for five years, PUNCH Healthwise can authoritatively report. It was learnt ...
Healthline

Is a Full-Body Scan Effective at Detecting Cancer?

A full-body scan is usually a type of computed tomography (CT) scan that scans your whole body, starting below your chin. These scans can also be done using MRI or PET scans, but CT scans are the most ...
WebMD

Radiation Doses from CT Scans

Computed tomography -- also known as computed axial tomography, a CT scan, or a CAT scan -- is a tool doctors use to diagnose many types of health problems. Special X-ray equipment creates images of ...
Reuters

Q+A-What is the radiation threat from CT scans?

CHICAGO, June 7 (Reuters) - A number of studies in the past year have raised concerns that Americans are exposed to too much radiation from CT scans, increasing their risk of cancer. [ID:nN01116048] A ...