Smartphones and laptops offer equivalent accuracy to medical workstations for interpreting head CT images of acute stroke patients. (Courtesy: iStock/utah778) In treatment of acute stroke, rapid and ...

The absence of any common risk factors did not reduce the likelihood of a positive composite head CT (negative likelihood ratio [NLR], 0.6; 95% CI, 0.2-2.4), except for focal neurologic deficits ...

Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. Sep 24 2021 Adelaide company Micro-X (MX1) has started developing a small CT brain scanner that can be fitted in ambulances and emergency aircraft.