Healio

Contrast material for CT scan does not increase risk for AKI

Patients undergoing or about to undergo general surgical procedures can have better CT scan quality from intravenous contrast material with no increased risk for acute kidney injury, according to ...
Medscape

Oral Contrast for Abdominal CT: How Important Is It and How Long Does It Take?

Although CT is a relatively recent technology, there have been great improvements in the equipment. The early, slow "Step and Scan" machines required long image acquisition times, resulting in a ...
Business Wire

Simple Contrast Ultrasound Scan Resolves Indeterminate MR and CT

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A simple, noninvasive contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) scan is an ideal tool for resolving frequent indeterminate MR and CT scans, according to Dr. Stephanie Wilson, a ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

For thyroid patients, iodine dye in CT scan presents challenge

Dear Dr. Roach: I'm set to have a CT scan of my lungs with iodine dye. I have hypothyroidism and am on 25 mg of levothyroxine. Should I take the medicine the day of the test? Or should I have the CT ...
The New York Times

Patients Face Long Delays for Imaging of Cancers and Other Diseases

Many U.S. hospitals are postponing scans used to diagnose diseases after a Covid lockdown in China hobbled the main U.S. supplier of an imaging chemical. By Reed Abelson Doctors cannot seem to ...