According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), the selection of oral contrast agent and optimization of bowel preparation for oncologic CT could help avoid potentially severe clinical ...

Iodine-based contrast material injected intravenously to enhance CT images can be safely used in most patients, according to a study. Of the 80 million or more CT scans performed each year in the ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Computed tomography (CT) scans are an imaging method that use x-rays to create pictures of cross-sections of the body. Many CT scans involve intravenously injected iodinated ...

Contrast CT scans are performed to get a detailed image of the inside of your body and the blood vessels. Computed Tomography (CT) scans can be performed either with the contrast or without the ...

Image quality comparison Transverse and 3D cinematic rendered images from thoraco-abdominal CT angiography. (A–C) Images from energy-integrating detector CT with a standard contrast media protocol. (D ...

A retrospective single-centre study finds that a dual-energy CT protocol is non-inferior to a conventional triphasic CT ...

People with a history of allergic-like reactions to iodinated contrast media, which is used in a variety of X-ray-based procedures, such as CT and angiography, are susceptible to similar reactions ...

A CT scan is often one of the first imaging tests done during the diagnostic process. While a CT scan alone isn’t enough to diagnose pancreatic cancer, it can provide images that help doctors ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, a large team of researchers from China, the United States, and the Czech Republic developed a deep learning-based approach to use ...

Imaging technologist and patient during a CT scan at Radiology/Imaging Services at UWMC-Roosevelt in Seattle. Clare McLean UWMC Some hospitals in Washington are rationing medical scans and rethinking ...