What is CT scan (abdomen)? CT scan is an imaging modality which uses special X-ray equipment to produce multiple pictures of the inside of the body. These are then joined together by a computer to ...

A patient undergoes a CT scan procedure. Such scans are usually performed to show various images of the internal body system. (Right), the X-ray scanned image is transmitted to a computer where the ...

Some experts are against excessive reliance on diagnostic imaging, saying that the procedure must be done only when necessary Jean Hanvik decided that enough was enough. When a painful intestinal ...

CT scans use hundreds of X-rays to create detailed 3D images of things previously visible only through a biopsy or surgery Jean Hanvik decided that enough was enough. When a painful intestinal ...

When James Duncan, M.D., a radiologist at Washington University in St. Louis, experienced intense pain in his abdomen in 2010, he rushed to a local emergency room. His doctors suspected kidney stones, ...

Researchers worry radiation from the scans could have future side effects. Nov. 28, 2007— -- Radiation from the increasingly popular computed tomography scanning machines may be causing cancer, a ...

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