CT

Case History: Pediatric patient presented with mild swelling of right lower leg.

55-year-old male with swelling in left leg for four months.

CT performed on admission for patients with suspected acute appendicitis can predict hospital resource utilization.

Radiologists and nonradiologists must come to a consensus regarding who educates patients about radiation risks from diagnostic imaging.

Draft recommendations from the USPSTF on colorectal cancer screening omit CT colonography as a preferred screening method.

Use of ultrasound and MRI among children is rising, while CT imaging drops.

Case History: 25-year-old patient presents for antenatal ultrasound.

CCTA, when combined with calcium scoring, can rule out coronary artery disease in women with atypical chest pain.

Case History: 57-year-old male with increasing pain and numbness following CT.

They might not be on the field, but radiologists are an important part of the NFL’s medical team.

Brain images from FDG-PET can help detect Alzheimer’s disease in patients presenting with focal onset dementias.

Diagnostic imaging procedures are sometimes necessary for pregnant women, and can be done safely in some cases.

CT colonography to screen for colorectal cancer also gives physicians the opportunity to assess patients for osteoporosis.

Case History: 74-year-old male smoking 48 packs/year with history of severe dyspnea.

Computed tomography angiography may show significant incidental findings that ED physicians should act upon.

At AHRA 2015, Carestream showcased their investigational cone beam CT, but they’re not selling it to only radiologists.

CT scans for children with head injuries from sports should not be routine practice.

33-year-old male with history of cyanotic congenital heart disease status post multiple palliative cardiac surgeries.

This Q&A series explores radiology’s role in overdiagnosis in a variety of conditions. Here, we discuss mild traumatic brain injury.

FDG PET/CT scanning before treatment for invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast can predict survival.

Tips for radiology practices on preparing for new legislation and avoiding reimbursement cuts.

Patients who smoke and undergo early lung cancer screening may not feel the need to stop smoking.

A miss in radiology is inevitable; you just have to be lucky.

Doses over 7.5 mSv of radiation from cardiac CTA cause cellular damage.

Multi detector computed tomography for autoimmune pancreatitis may not provide fully accurate diagnosis if abnormalities are detected.