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5 days ago · A computed tomography scan (commonly called a CAT scan) is a painless procedure that doctors use to identify some medical conditions, diseases or trauma. A CT scan uses X-rays and a sophisticated computer to view specific three-dimensional details of the body's anatomy.
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1 day ago · CT vs. PET scan. A CT scan uses X-ray beams to create a three-dimensional image of the inside structures of your body, sometimes with contrast dye. A PET scan uses radioactive tracers and a special dye to scan for cancer or detect parts of your organs that aren't functioning well on the cellular level. 11
13 hours ago · Supine and Prone Imaging. Thoracic CT evaluation is often performed while the patient is lying in a supine position. 4 When imaging supine patients, opacities resulting from lung collapse or atelectasis are often seen in the dependent portions of the lung as shown by the arrows in the left image. 3 These dependent opacities resolve during prone ...
5 days ago · The CT neck chest-abdomen-pelvis protocol aims to evaluate the neck, thoracic and abdominal structures using contrast in trauma imaging. The use of contrast facilitates the assessment of pathologies globally whilst minimizing dose by potentially disregarding a non-contrast scan.
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4 days ago · Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI), formerly termed contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) 12, describes an association between intravenous or intra-arterial contrast administration and renal impairment, but increasingly the evidence shows that contrast is not the cause of the renal impairment and that confounding factors such as sepsis ...
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