About one-third of CT examinations performed following an inconclusive abdominal ultrasound examination have positive findings, according to a study of 449 patients at Massachusetts General Hospital ...

Plaque detected in abdominal CT scan could be a strong predictor of coronary artery disease and mortality, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. Plaque detected in abdominal CT scan could be a ...

LITTLE FALLS, N.J., July 7-- Clinicians may miss a substantial number of new abdominal aortic dilations on CT scans, researchers have found. Clinical teams didn't record about 60% of dilations within ...

Radiographs (X-rays) of the abdomen and pelvis Fluoroscopic (contrast) exams of the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts Computed Tomographic (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans of ...

Starting Jan. 1, 2011 CMS changed the way coders report abdomen and pelvis CT scans performed together, according to a Diagnostic Imaging report. According to the report, the new combined-code ...

Although CT referrals from GPs in Denmark have seen an increase, over 10% of patients with non-specific symptoms are ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest, abdomen, and spine, taken originally to detect problems such as kidney stones or ...

Dr. Amiko M. Uchida (Medicine): A 57-year-old man was evaluated in the gastroenterology clinic of this hospital because of new ascites. Twenty years before the current presentation, the patient began ...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between standard and computed tomography (CT)-based measures of obesity and subclinical atherosclerosis, defined as coronary artery calcium (CAC) by Electron ...