July 6, 2012 — An emergency department (ED) strategy that eliminates the routine use of oral contrast for abdominal-pelvic (AP) computed tomography (CT) for undifferentiated abdominal pain can ...

[2] Noncontrast CT in the emergency diagnosis of appendicitis is attractive for several reasons. Administration of oral contrast consumes ... The quality of each study was assessed using the ...

Use of CT scans in hospital emergency rooms has risen 16% a year since 1995, raising questions about unnecessary radiation exposure and how healthcare costs can be contained against such fervent ...

In their prospective study, described in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging, the University of Zurich researchers aimed to develop and evaluate a low-volume contrast media protocol for ...

Intravenous contrast ... CT, 8.9 percent for patients receiving unenhanced CT and 8.1 percent for patients not receiving CT at all. "While a well-controlled randomized prospective study is ...

Nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) are more likely to use contrast media for ordered computed tomography (CT) examinations, according to a study published online Dec. 12 in the Journal of the ...

That “dye,” called contrast agent, is usually given intravenously before a CT scan, angiogram or other test. But the new study shows that taking an N-acetylcysteine tablet before receiving the ...

These dyes increase the contrast level and resolution of the final images produced with the CT scan for a more exact ... The technician will leave the room before operating the scanner and may ...

such as CT and angiography, are susceptible to similar reactions from commonly used MRI contrast agents, according to a large, eight-year study published in the journal Radiology. The study also ...

Study: Large-scale pancreatic cancer detection via non-contrast CT and deep learning. Image Credit: mi_viri/Shutterstock.com Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is the most malignant form of solid ...