Medscape

Can CT Scans Accurately Detect Cancer in Patients With Non-Specific Symptoms Despite Rising CT Referrals?

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

What To Know About MRI vs. CT Scan Costs—And How Else the Tests Compare

If you need medical imaging tests done, you may wonder how much an MRI, CT scan, or other imaging test costs and how these tests differ. Hospitals and medical facilities negotiate the prices of ...
CURE

How Liver Cancer Is Screened and Staged for Patients

Liver cancer screening uses ultrasound and AFP biomarker tests, with CT or MRI for further evaluation if abnormalities are found. Staging assesses cancer's size, spread, and involvement of blood ...
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Global shortage of CT scan contrast dye affecting Eastern Iowa family

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - An Eastern Iowa family says a loved one diagnosed with cancer can’t receive the needed CT scan because of a global shortage of contrast dye. “I’ve never heard about this, ...
BMJ Case Reports

CT-negative central skull base osteomyelitis diagnosed on MRI in the emergency department

Central skull base osteomyelitis is a rare, life-threatening condition that can present with vague symptoms and may be missed ...
Marketplace

Need a CT scan? You may have to wait weeks, thanks to lockdowns in China and dye shortages

Erin Dwyer has been doing a lot of waiting. After a sonogram in December, she found out that she has a growth on her right kidney and had to wait months to see a specialist. Now she’s waiting for a CT ...
EurekAlert!

Study: Before a CT scan or angiogram, many people should take inexpensive drug to protect kidneys

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — As more and more Americans undergo CT scans and other medical imaging scans involving intense X-rays, a new study suggests that many of them should take a pre-scan drug that could ...