Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH ... A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed dilated lateral ventricles in the brain. A lumbar puncture was used to remove 50 ml of cerebrospinal fluid, which ...

However, acomputerized tomography (CT) scan can also give some helpful information if MRI is not available. Neurologists may ...

If you have severe pain in your abdomen or chest, fall off your bike, or are in a car accident, there's a good chance that you'll undergo a CT scan. Those painless, quick tests can be lifesaving ...

The information from the PET scan and from the CT scan is different but complementary. The PET scan shows areas with increased metabolic activity, while the CT scan shows detailed anatomical locations ...

Simpson, a 5-year-old gray wolf at ZooMontana, underwent his second brain surgery. Simpson was born with cognitive ...

If you've suffered a serious injury or your doctor suspects cancer, a CT scan could be lifesaving. But since 1980, the number of those tests done each year has grown from fewer than 3 million to ...

"She does have skull fractures, likely caused by a collision with a car or motorcycle, and a gas bubble in her brain ...

CT scans of internal organs, bone, soft tissue and blood vessels provide greater clarity and reveal more details than X ray or radiograph exams. X ray images are two dimensional representations while ...

CT scans give doctors a look inside the body that gives far more information about the spatial relationship of structures than a plain X-ray can. And as it turns out, CT scans are pretty handy for ...

Hounsfield called this technology a CT (computerized tomography) scan, also called a CAT scan (computerized axial tomography). It was especially useful for looking at head injuries and brain ...

A new ultra-low dose imaging method used with long axial field-of-view PET scanners can obtain images with a historically low ...

Pre-therapy and post-therapy scans are shown for breast cancer. Toronto, Ontario—A novel AI approach can accurately detect ...