Two 2,200-year-old mummies get CT scans at USC. Here’s what researchers found out

Each mummy was scanned in its sarcophagus, which weighs about 200 pounds. Then 3D models of the two Egyptian priests were constructed — and you can see them at the California Science Center.

CT scans unwrap secrets of ancient Egyptian life

Keck Medicine of USC radiologists use computed tomography (CT) scanners to diagnose and treat patients' diseases and injuries. Recently, however, this advanced technology was put to a far more novel ...
IEEE

A Two-Stage U-Net Framework for Interactive Segmentation of Lung Nodules in CT Scans

Abstract: Segmentation of lung nodules in CT images is an important step during the clinical evaluation of patients with lung cancer. Furthermore, early assessment of the cancer is crucial to increase ...
IEEE

Hybrid Neural Network Framework for Multiclass Classification of Kidney Stones from CT scans

Abstract: In order to diagnose and evaluate illnesses, 3D medical imaging may identify and extract a variety of anatomical traits, one of which is kidney stones. Segmenting renal stones from abdominal ...
Frontiers

Deep learning software and revised 2D model to segment bone in micro-CT scans

Deep learning (DL) enables automated bone segmentation in micro-CT datasets but can struggle to generalize across developmental stages, anatomical regions, and imaging conditions. We present BP-2D-03, ...
The Patriot Ledger

King Tut's tomb exhibit coming to Boston. What to know about it

Egyptologist Howard Carter first laid eyes on the preserved tomb of King Tutankhamun in Egypt back in 1922. An exhibit coming to Boston wants to take visitors back to that time in history to see the ...