A computed tomography scan or CT scan uses X-rays ... You may get a shot of "contrast material" into one of your veins, which will help doctors see parts of your brain more clearly on the image.

Exposure to radiation from head or neck CT imaging increased risk for childhood brain tumors, according to results of a ...

also called a CAT scan (computerized axial tomography). It was especially useful for looking at head injuries and brain problems, because it showed about 100 times greater detail in soft tissues ...

CT scans of the head, for example, expose patients to about the equivalence ... A CT examination may sometimes involve the injection of an intravenous contrast agent. Imaging can be performed at ...

Yvonne Graham's family has waited more than 10 months to find out why she died after going for a routine CT scan. She went into cardiac arrest and never recovered ...

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues have synthesized and tested protein-polymer microbubbles for use in medical ultrasound imaging of internal organs. Administered intravenously, the ...

A brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is an abnormal tangle of unusually formed blood vessels in the brain (Figure 1). Over time, these vessels can weaken and bleed into the brain itself. Brain ...

Yvonne Graham, 66, went into cardiac arrest minutes after medics at Northampton General Hospital injected dye - called ...