Skoltech researchers and their colleagues have synthesized and tested protein-polymer microbubbles for use in medical ...

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 ...

[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 ...

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 ...

This is in stark contrast to 70-75% of Americans that get ... test for lung cancer or who is actually eligible. A low dose CT scan of the chest is the only method to get screened for lung cancer ...