All the same, be sure to tell your doctor and the technician about any contrast allergies you have. A typical abdominal CT scan takes from 10 to 30 minutes. It’s performed in a hospital’s ...

Contrast is used in these general abdominal scans to create an image contrast between the normal and abnormal parts ... to do that in patients undergoing CT scanning in the emergency department ...

Iodine-based contrast material injected intravenously ... analyzed information on patients who underwent abdominal, pelvic and thoracic CT scans at the Mayo Clinic between 2000 and 2010.

You will be asked to fill out a short medical history questionnaire before your CT scan ... If your chest, abdomen, or pelvis are being scanned, you may need to change into a hospital gown. If the ...

Chances are, Medicare patients needing abdominal CT scans at Lee Memorial Health System hospital and clinics in recent years got two: One with image-enhancing contrast dye and one without.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - More than half of patients receiving abdominal CT scans ... Many of the scans they looked at involved the use of a contrast agent -- a fluid injected into a patient's veins ...

Computed tomography (CT) is a type of medical imaging tool that allows doctors to see inside a person’s body. Doctors may use an abdominal ... take a contrast dye before their CT scan.

A second CT scan with IV and oral contrast was ordered. Can you describe the findings on this abdominal CT scan? This abdominal CT scan shows retroperitoneal air and air in the prerenal space.