A mom went into anaphylactic shock from the contrast dye used in her CT scan, causing her to die within 90 minutes of its ...

For many situations, MRI is the preferred diagnostic tool -- especially for brain imaging, although CT scan is still chosen for strokes because it is better at detecting hemorrhage. The drawback ...

Sienna-Rose received a CT scan at a third hospital, which showed she had a brain hemorrhage that caused her brain to double in size due to the excess fluid. She then underwent a three-and-a-half hour ...

Intracerebral hemorrhage is a medical emergency (Broderick et al., 1999). Initial diagnosis is achieved by using an emergent brain computed tomography (CT) scan upon presentation. A CT scan can ...

Patients who experience a nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage differ from patients ... neurological examination and computed tomography [CT] scans), clinical course, and outcome.

CT scans can be life-saving tests, catching disease or bleeding early enough to be treated. However, experts say they are sometimes overprescribed and performed unnecessarily, potentially because ...

Toddler Sienna-Rose, who suffered a brain haemorrhage during a family holiday to Mexico earlier this week, has had a "setback" after undergoing a life-saving operation.

When a 3-month-old boy was seen at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis for seizures, a CT scan and more evaluation uncovered ...

The whole body or PET CT scan is a comprehensive examination that uses Computed Tomography CT to create detailed images of the entire body Read on to learn if its benefits outweigh the risks for cance ...

The scans are estimated to cause 2% of annual cancers — but new measures could keep radiation at safer levels.

If they have bad symptoms, they may go in for a CT (computed tomography) scan. This looks for brain injuries like bruising, ...

The subsequent CT scan uncovered a brain haemorrhage, with fluid causing her brain to double in size. After a three-and-a-half-hour surgery to remove a blood clot, Sienna-Rose now has a shunt in ...