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.

Imaging with electron beam tomography or CT helps determine plaque build-up in coronary artery calcification among asymptomatic patients.

Physicians can use MRI and CT scan to measure exercise limitations and understand symptoms among patients with COPD.

Performing routine abdominal and pelvic CTs does not increase detection of cancer among patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism.

Low-dose CT observation of nonsolid lung nodules is safe.

Absolute recommendations for imaging, rather than conditional recommendations, result in more patients receiving the exams.

Patients who undergo coronary CT angiography receive lower radiation doses and are more pleased with the experience than with MPI.

Case History: 27-year-old patient presented with history of trauma.

Patient education can be taxing.

Coronary CT angiography detects links between arterial plaque, diabetes, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels.