The most common reason for a spinal CT scan is to check for injuries after an accident. The exam can help your doctor accurately diagnose potential injuries to this specific area of your spinal column ...

A heart computed tomography (CT) scan uses X-rays to create detailed images of your heart. The test can help doctors evaluate the structure and function of the heart and the surrounding blood vessels.

Medical professionals use CT scans to help diagnose and stage bladder cancer. While CT scans can provide valuable information, they are not perfect and have certain limitations. However, CT scans may ...

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008;9(6):567-572. In our study, 75% of initially abnormal cranial CTs showed evidence of diffuse edema, as evidenced by loss of gray-white differentiation, and 50% showed ...

A computed tomography (CT) head scan uses X-rays to develop a 3D image of the skull, brain, and other related areas of the head. A CT scan of the head can provide more detail than a traditional X-ray, ...

In 60 non-cancer patients exposed to CT scans, the numbers of dicentric and ring chromosomes were significantly increased with individual variation. The individual variations in the increment of ...

Purpose: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommends computerized tomography (CT) for monitoring patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) as clinically indicated. We sought to evaluate ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are two types of imaging procedures. They both create detailed images of the internal body structures. While CT scans use X-rays to ...

The medical team will not perform CT Angio when your ECG and stress test results show no issues, and you belong to a low-risk group for heart problems. The American College of Cardiology and American ...