AbdomenAtlas also serves as a benchmark that allows other research groups to evaluate the accuracy of their medical ...

CT scans of internal organs, bone ... For any examination involving direct exposure of the lower abdomen, pregnancy should be ruled out, or the pregnancy status should be verified as part of the ...

The problem: A sharp pain in your abdomen can mean appendicitis. A similar pain in your flank could indicate a kidney stone. Both can be excruciating, and doctors often order CT scans to confirm ...

Specifically, researchers looked back at 3,662 CT scans between 2013 and 2023 of mostly older men and women in the New York area, where the same patients had both an abdominal scan (which captured ...

“Children with abdominal pain are a diagnostic conundrum. On the one hand those who have appendicitis need to be diagnosed in ...

Approximately 150 – 200 abdominal and pelvic CT scans in a wide variety of clinical complexity are performed per day across all our inpatient and ambulatory facilities: University Hospital, The ...

Major reductions in radiation doses from PET/CT scans can be achieved by modifying the acquisition parameters for CT. Conventional radiographic examinations such as chest, abdominal and bone X-rays ...

Researchers found that large pediatric centers achieve low rates of delayed diagnosis of appendicitis while also having the lowest rates of CT use.