computed tomography

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Diagnosing sarcopenic obesity usually requires advanced imaging tools such as magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, electrical bioimpedance, or densitometry.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

But a new study questions whether scans—specifically computed tomography scans—are causing more cancer than we thought, specifically among the patients who receive them.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2025

Victoria Sjoholt Engelschion, a doctoral researcher at the Natural History Museum in Oslo, came across bits of bluish ichthyosaur bones when she was making computed tomography scans of clumps of fossilized clams from the area.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

The researchers also used electron microscopy and computed tomography scans to probe the porous structure of the onggi and calculate its “gas permeability coefficient,” or how easily gas could pass through it.

From Scientific American • May 16, 2023

For those who can get screened, the most common way is using low-dose computed tomography scans, called LDCT.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023