In the study, 978 CT abdominal and pelvic series were performed on 500 patients aged 9 months to 91 years. Most of the patients were 30 to 50 years of age. The researchers concluded that 35.3 ...

For example, low-dose chest CT scans performed for lung cancer screening use lower doses than multi-phase abdominal/pelvic CT scans that are required to stage a person with pancreatic cancer.

Most physician, radiologist and technologist respondents to a survey were able to correctly identify that there is an increased risk of cancer from a single abdominal-pelvic CT scan. However, only ...

More than half of patients who undergo abdominal/pelvic CT scans receive unnecessary imaging tests that put them at risk for radiation-induced cancer, according to new research from the University of ...

Measured in millisieverts (mSv), the average radiation dose from an abdominal-pelvic CT is 10 mSv, compared to 0.02 to 0.2 mSv from one chest x-ray, meaning that a radiation dose from a CT scan is ...

Abdominal CT Scan December 12, 2001 Case History A 41-year-old male sawmill worker suffered blunt abdominal trauma while loading logs onto an edger.

A CT scan usually doesn’t cause side effects, and most people can go home soon after. However, because a contrast is often used for stomach scans, you may need to wait about an hour to be sure ...

When ureteral calculi are suspected on x-ray, a CT scan or IV pyelogram should be performed. Due to Ms. L’s past medical conditions, an abdominal and pelvic CT scan was ordered.

The study included 51 patients who underwent routine contrast-enhanced abdominal and pelvic CT scans. "We found that the estimated radiation risk for a 31-year-old (0.91 per 1,000) was about double ...

Plaque detected in abdominal CT scan could be a strong predictor of coronary artery disease and mortality, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. Researchers found that patients are nearly 60 ...

While US may also be used to determine the presence of intra-abdominal hemorrhage in the unstable patient, the sensitivity of this study is highly operator-dependent. In comparison, CT is ...