[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.

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 ...

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 ...

A CT scan can show bones, organs, and tissues within the body, and the detailed images help doctors identify any abnormalities. Doctors may use contrast dye with a CT scan to produce clearer ...

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 ...

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 ...