Heather Hokenson[email protected]CT3D imaging helps diagnose 1.7-million-year-old cancerCancer is often thought to be a product of modern times and lifestyles, but researchers have discovered what they believe is the earliest case of malignancy -- in a fossil from an early human ancestor who lived about 1.7 million years ago. The key to diagnosing this ancient cancer was advanced 3D imaging technology.August 7, 2016CTCT of mastodon helps rewrite North American prehistoryAnthropologists and archaeologists have discovered new evidence regarding the first humans and hunters in prehistoric North America, thanks to CT scans of the remains of a mastodon. The first-known hunters on the continent can now be dated back nearly 14,000 years, according to a recent study in the journal Science.November 7, 2011CTCrack lung: The acute syndrome hits headlines againThe hospitalization of British pop chanteuse Amy Winehouse in June made headlines around the world. While few radiologists are ever likely to see images of the singer's lungs, the condition known as "crack lung" has a distinct presentation on chest CT and radiography images.July 2, 2008Image ProcessingCT digs into dinosaur's cranial anatomy, feeding habitsScientists have used CT and advanced visualization tools to reconstruct the cranial anatomy of a dinosaur that lived more than 110 million years ago. The team's unusual findings cast new light on the dinosaur's feeding function and habits, and led to a featured magazine spread in the December 2007 "Bizarre Dinosaurs" issue of National Geographic.December 18, 2007CTCold case closed: CT solves iceman's cause of deathYou could say it's the oldest open "cold case" to date -- the death of the famous Alpine glacier iceman. Since he was discovered in 1991, his 5,300-year-old mummified remains have been subjected to numerous scientific tests, and theories have abounded as to how he died. Recently, however, a team of Italian and Swiss researchers determined the iceman's exact cause of death using multidetector-row CT (MDCT).July 3, 2007CTImaging reveals truth about Barnum mummyWhat's Halloween without a good mummy story? AuntMinnie.com aims to thrill and entertain with a new mummy mystery -- unraveled with the help of medical imaging technology. While not hair-raisingly scary, this story shines the spotlight on the authenticity of a mummy that was once part of the menagerie of exhibits by 19th century American showman and entertainer P. T. Barnum.October 30, 2006CTCT helps unwrap mummy mysteryMedical imaging is shedding some light on a 3,300-year-old Egyptian mystery. For the first time, the mummy of King Tut has undergone a CT scan. And based on the results, researchers now believe the young pharaoh may have died from a broken leg that became infected.March 28, 2005Page 1 of 1Top StoriesArtificial IntelligenceLLMs decrease in accuracy over time on radiology examsLarge language models (LLMs) demonstrate high accuracy on radiology exams, yet decrease in accuracy over time.MRIFunctional MRI illuminates what motivates e-cigarette useWomens ImagingStudent-led initiative working to close gender gap in radiologyCTCT-defined CAC predicts cardiovascular events in lung cancer patientsEconomicsMedicare finalizes 2025 Fee Schedule cut