Computed tomography -- also known as computed axial tomography, a CT scan, or a CAT scan -- is a tool doctors use to diagnose many types of health problems. Special X-ray equipment creates images ...

Preparation guidelines for a CT scan depend on the type of scan you’re having. If you’re having a bowel scan or a scan with contrast dye, you may need to adjust your diet. Preparation for a CT ...

body mass index, age, sex, race, smoking status and type of lung cancer. The results showed that 77.9% of the participants had detectable atherosclerosis on CT scans. Additionally, the data revealed ...

Regarding cross-sectional imaging, all patients underwent CT examinations (plain scan and biphasic contrast ... abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting, or lower urinary tract symptoms. For the ...

Radiologists are beginning to use AI-based computer vision models to help speed up the laborious process of parsing medical scans ... abdominal organ datasets were compiled by radiologists manually ...

Case description: Computed tomography (CT) of the whole abdomen in this patient ... In this case, huge calcification of the right adrenal gland caused abdominal pain, which disappeared after the mass ...

To begin your appointment, you may need to: A healthcare professional will inject contrast dye ... and position. CT scans can also capture the lymph nodes in your abdomen and pelvis to see whether ...