Each year, the US performs more than 93 million computed tomography (CT) scans, many of which offer limited clinical value. For patients with mild head injuries, CT scans are often ordered reflexively ...

Visits to emergency departments by children with sports-related head injuries have skyrocketed in the past decade, and new research finds that many patients undergo unnecessary computed tomography or ...

Use of head CT scans in U.S. emergency departments has more than doubled over the past 15 years, a new study says. Nearly 16 million head CT scans were ordered by ERs in 2022, up from under 8 million ...

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 ...

Some types of scans include X-rays, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound scans. Medical professionals use scans to help diagnose a range of health conditions.