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VIDEO: Dr. Henschke - Low Dose CT Scan, What Is This?

Dr. Henschke describes the low dose CT (computed tomography) scan and if it can detect lung cancer.

Dr. Henschke:
A low dose CT scan is acquired at a low dose. You can use the same equipment to get a high dose scan or a low dose scan. A low dose scan is about the same, gives you about the same radiation exposure as a mammogram, and you could still find very small abnormalities in the lung, as small as a grain of rice.

About Dr. Henschke, M.D., Ph.D.:
Dr. Claudia Ingrid Henschke, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., is an Attending Radiologist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Professor of Radiology in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical School. She is a clinical expert in percutaneous fine needle lung biopsies and thoracic radiology and board certified in Diagnostic Radiology. Dr. Henschke received her master’s degree from Southern Methodist University, her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, and medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine.

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