New CT imaging oral contrast agent improves visualization of bowel anatomy, clinical trial data show

In a new pilot feasibility study, researchers from Mayo Clinic, the University of Washington School of Medicine, the ...
Medscape

Oral Contrast for Abdominal CT: How Important Is It and How Long Does It Take?

Although CT is a relatively recent technology, there have been great improvements in the equipment. The early, slow "Step and Scan" machines required long image acquisition times, resulting in a ...
Healthline

How CT Scans Are Used to Diagnose Pancreatic Cancer

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 ...
Business Wire

Simple Contrast Ultrasound Scan Resolves Indeterminate MR and CT

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A simple, noninvasive contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) scan is an ideal tool for resolving frequent indeterminate MR and CT scans, according to Dr. Stephanie Wilson, a ...
Marketplace

Need a CT scan? You may have to wait weeks, thanks to lockdowns in China and dye shortages

Erin Dwyer has been doing a lot of waiting. After a sonogram in December, she found out that she has a growth on her right kidney and had to wait months to see a specialist. Now she’s waiting for a CT ...

Photon-counting CT outperforms conventional CT in lung cancer management

In a prospective imaging study of 200 adults with lung cancer, photon-counting CT reduced radiation exposure, yielded fewer ...
Healio

Anaphylaxis caused by iodinated contrast media rare but still serious

Anaphylaxis triggered by iodinated contrast media was rare, but severe and refractory cases indicated the need for ...