A man went to the hospital several times with gut pain and a fever — and it turned out that his relatively common symptoms ...

New York state had the highest breast cancer screening recall rate of 31.4%, an indicator of imaging inefficiency, between ...

Approximately 150 – 200 abdominal and pelvic CT scans in a wide variety of clinical complexity are performed per day across all our inpatient and ambulatory facilities: University Hospital, The ...

Vidal, MD In Figure 1 (KUB), a flat upright view of the abdomen showed moderate amount of stool in the descending colon and rectum, without any evidence of obstruction. A CT scan without contrast ...

CT scans of internal organs, bone ... For any examination involving direct exposure of the lower abdomen, pregnancy should be ruled out, or the pregnancy status should be verified as part of the ...

Major reductions in radiation doses from PET/CT scans can be achieved by modifying the acquisition parameters for CT. Conventional radiographic examinations such as chest, abdominal and bone X-rays ...

Some patients feel the aneurysm as a pulsating or throbbing mass in their abdomen. Although an AAA can be discovered during a routine physical examination, most often, however, an aneurysm is found ...