Iodine-based contrast material injected intravenously to enhance CT images can be safely used in most patients, according to a study. Of the 80 million or more CT scans performed each year in the ...

Patients undergoing or about to undergo general surgical procedures can have better CT scan quality from intravenous contrast material with no increased risk for acute kidney injury, according to ...

Read more about CT scans: Top 10 facts you should know Then, you will lie down on the scan table. The technician will then start an IV line to administer the contrast solution.

A YOUNG law graduate has tragically died after suffering a severe allergic reaction following a CT scan. Leticia Paul, 22, was undergoing a routine check-up for kidney stones when she reacted to a ...

Although CT is a relatively recent technology, there have been great improvements in the equipment. The early, slow "Step and Scan" machines required long image acquisition times, resulting in a ...

After a 22-year-old law graduate dies following a CT scan, questions arise over the safety of contrast agents and radiation ...

According to new research performed at the Mayo Clinic, iodine-based contrast material injected intravenously to enhance CT images can be safely used in most patients.

An Eastern Iowa family says a loved one diagnosed with cancer can’t receive the needed CT scan because of a global shortage of contrast dye.

A 22-year-old woman, Leticia Paul, died on Wednesday, Aug. 20, hours after suffering a severe allergic reaction during a ...

Need a CT scan? You may have to wait weeks, thanks to lockdowns in China and dye shortages Because of COVID-19 restrictions, a critical Shanghai plant that produces the dye has been operating at ...

A young, thriving Brazilian lawyer tragically died after suffering a severe allergic reaction during a routine CT scan.