According to Dr Mutua, a PET scan can detect cancer in lymph nodes and organs that appear normal on a chest CT scan. “Since PET scans cover a larger area of the body, from the skull to the ...

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 ...

What Do Ground-Glass Opacities Look Like? Normal lung tissue appears black on a CT scan, but GGOs are lightly colored or gray patches. They resemble ground glass, which is still transparent but ...

High-resolution scans Masahiro Yanagawa, a radiologist at Osaka University, believes that noise-free, high-resolution CT scans will be a game-changer in diagnosing lung diseases. “The lungs are ...

A lung cancer screening is a low dose CT scan. It is specifically for adults 50 and older with a long-term smoking history - a pack a day for 20 years or more. While other risk factors may exist ...

By Dr. Graham A. Colditz Siteman Cancer Center Our progress against lung cancer is something to celebrate. Millions of lives ...