CT scan

A paleontologist at the National Museums of Kenya is spearheading an effort to make 3-D reconstructions of the institution’s fossils available internationally.

Lesions in the lungs of patients with pneumonia caused by a SARS-CoV-2 infection are distinct from those caused by bacteria.

Advances in imaging technology over the last century have allowed increasingly sophisticated glimpses into the ancient processes of mummification.

An extinct rodent relative of the capybara appears to have had a smaller brain-to-body ratio than similar species.

The skull changed shape in different ways than the brain during evolution, according to a new comparative study.

Scientists create a micro-CT scan image of Drosophila in fine detail.

An artificial intelligence program called a neural network exceeds radiologists’ ability to detect malignancies, but more testing is needed before using the program clinically.

CT scans illuminate the structure of sea stars.

Scientists take a close look at how cloven hoofed mammals use selective brain cooling to survive in the heat. 

A novel contrast agent capable of staining the finest blood vessels reveals an elaborate, entwined network in this pigeon’s CT scan. 

Based on the structure of fossilized skulls and ear bones, researchers learn that early hominins heard sounds best between the frequencies that humans and chimpanzees do.

Three-dimensional imaging of living chrysalises shows how butterflies develop.

DNA samples and CT scans reveal that Ramesses III likely had his throat slashed by his son and other conspirators.

Exposure to doses of radiation used in some diagnostics in childhood can triple the risk of brain cancer and leukemia as an adult.

Using CT scanning, scientists were able to visualize a tiny mite hitching a ride on a 50-million-year old spider.

Researchers diagnose the second oldest known case of prostate cancer in a two-thousand-year-old-Egyptian mummy.

A collection of ancient Egyptian animal mummies from the Brooklyn Museum is subjected to the powerful X-rays of a CT scanner in order to peer through the centuries-old packaging. 

Powerful CT scans reveal thousand-year-old secrets from a collection of preserved animals from ancient Egypt.