Cambridge, MA – The invention of the CAT scan led to a revolution in medical diagnosis. Where X-rays give only a flat two-dimensional view of the human body, a CAT scan provides a more revealing three ...

Computed tomography (CT or CAT) scans help doctors detect everything from cancer to kidney stones. But some physicians are raising concerns about the safety of such procedures — most notably, an ...

CT scans, or CAT scans, are widely used to get internal images of the body and diagnose dangerous medical conditions — but they could pose a hidden risk. A new study from the University of California ...