According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), the selection of oral contrast agent and optimization of bowel preparation for oncologic CT could help avoid potentially severe clinical ...

Iodine-based contrast material injected intravenously to enhance CT images can be safely used in most patients, according to a study. Of the 80 million or more CT scans performed each year in the ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Computed tomography (CT) scans are an imaging method that use x-rays to create pictures of cross-sections of the body. Many CT scans involve intravenously injected iodinated ...

Image quality comparison Transverse and 3D cinematic rendered images from thoraco-abdominal CT angiography. (A–C) Images from energy-integrating detector CT with a standard contrast media protocol. (D ...

Contrast CT scans are performed to get a detailed image of the inside of your body and the blood vessels. Computed Tomography (CT) scans can be performed either with the contrast or without the ...

People with a history of allergic-like reactions to iodinated contrast media, which is used in a variety of X-ray-based procedures, such as CT and angiography, are susceptible to similar reactions ...

Jan. 21 (UPI) --Two major healthcare professional societies issued consensus statements Tuesday in support of the use of IV-administered contrast solutions during CT scans. The groups -- the American ...

The volume of contrast media used for diagnostic imaging, including iodinated and gadolinium agents, has increased in recent years.

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, a large team of researchers from China, the United States, and the Czech Republic developed a deep learning-based approach to use ...

Imaging technologist and patient during a CT scan at Radiology/Imaging Services at UWMC-Roosevelt in Seattle. Clare McLean UWMC Some hospitals in Washington are rationing medical scans and rethinking ...