Baid (NIH, Bethesda, MD), one of the researchers. Reports of hypertensive crisis after contrast-enhanced CT scan in patients with pheochromocytoma had led clinicians to question the safety of this ...

By harnessing new X-ray detectors, photon-counting CT hugely improves image quality and contrast. In addition, these machines can also provide results at a lower radiation dose, allowing ...

Imaging can be performed at multiple time points before and after the injection of the contrast material. Each examination involves sets of images referred to as a "series." Multiple series should be ...

Medically reviewed by Corinne Savides Happel, MD A contrast dye allergic reaction can occur after a diagnostic imaging test, ...

[2] Noncontrast CT in the emergency diagnosis of appendicitis is attractive for several reasons. Administration of oral contrast consumes valuable time in today's fast-paced and overcrowded ED.

Hounsfield called this technology a CT (computerized tomography) scan, also called a CAT scan (computerized axial tomography). It was especially useful for looking at head injuries and brain ...

A shortage of the chemical agent known as ‘contrast’ is causing hospitals to rethink some of their diagnostic procedures, including computerized tomography scans, better known as CT scans.

In contrast, he says a chest CT scan provides detailed images by taking multiple pictures of the lungs and chest and compiling them into a comprehensive view. “This detailed imaging allows for ...

Mumbai: Radiologists in the city have been witnessing a new trend for the past few years: The number of people undergoing ...

Results: There was no consistency in the relationship between pain and CT scan results. For example, one subject had evidence of un-united stress fractures after 15 months of rest but had experienced ...