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

A brain CT scan visualizes the structure of the brain and skull, and it can identify blood in and around the brain. A brain CT scan can also identify fluid, swelling, large tumors, or a large stroke.

A retrospective study was performed in order to evaluate the frequency of abnormalities found by computed tomography (CT) scan of the head in 78 patients with migraine or tension-type headache. In the ...

Sometimes, you need a separate CT scan with an added substance called “contrast.” This helps some parts of your body show up more clearly on the images. You might need to drink it as a liquid ...

Background Traumatic brain injury is a common ED presentation. CT-head utilisation is escalating, exacerbating resource pressure in the ED. The biomarker S100B could assist clinicians with CT-head ...

Brain CT scans may be done with or without "contrast." Contrast refers to a substance taken by mouth or injected into an intravenous (IV) line that causes the particular organ or tissue under study to ...

The scans also showed the loss of several teeth and significant wear and tear on the remaining ones—indicating that the food she ate included stray grains that were tough on tooth enamel.

CT scans may be done with or without "contrast." Contrast refers to a substance taken by mouth or injected into an intravenous (IV) line that causes the particular organ or tissue under study to be ...

CT scans use X-rays to create detailed cross-sectional images of the body. They are highly effective for visualizing the chest, lungs, and abdomen, which is where MRIs can fall short.

The key findings of this first-in-human study is the 99.1% feasibility, which means that heart bypass surgery without undergoing invasive diagnostic catheterisation is feasible and safe, driven by ...