June 20, 2011 — MDCT is a sensitive and specific test to evaluate adults for suspected appendicitis and can be used as the standard of care in routine practice, according to the results of an analysis ...

Background A 27-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with a 1-year history of mild dyspnea. Investigations Physical examination, chest radiography, electrocardiography, transthoracic ...

The only potentially curative treatment for pancreatic cancer is complete resection including negative histologic margins (R0). Most tumors are not resectable on surgical exploration, so preoperative ...

Multidetector computed tomography helps pinpoint the causes of ischemic strokes, the most common type of stroke, potentially speeding the delivery of life-saving treatments, according to a new study.

Multidetector CT cystography (diagnostic procedure used to examine the bladder) can be used to detect vesicourethral leaks (a common problem) after prostatectomy, according to a new study.

Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization is a procedure that combines transarterial embolization with pharmaceutical therapy containing anticancer chemicals. Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization ...

Early myocardial enhancement defects (dark spots) on multidetector CT are valuable predictors of myocardial viability in patients who have suffered a heart attack, reported doctors from the ...