If your doctor is using oral contrast for your CT scan, you’ll probably be given the contrast before the day of your scan and instructed on how to prepare and drink it. Generally, you will want ...

Your healthcare provider may recommend a CT scan with a contrast agent (dye). They may give you an intravenous (IV) injection, which may cause a warm feeling throughout your body.

For either a CT scan done for attenuation correction/anatomic localization (AC/AL) or a diagnostic CT scan of the abdomen or pelvis, an intravenous or intraluminal gastrointestinal contrast agent may ...

Brain death determination sits at the fraught intersection of critical-care medicine, ethics, and organ-donation logistics.

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

CT angiography sensitivity ranged from 75.5–87.3%, while specificity held near 90% across scales. Sensitivity refers to how well a test finds its target, in this case, brain death.

A new AI tool called AI-CAC, developed by Mass General Brigham and the VA, can now comb through routine CT scans to detect hidden signs of heart disease before symptoms strike.

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to create detailed images of the organs and tissues within the body. MRI can help with viewing injuries, tumors ...