CAT Scan with Contrasting Agent

(Diagnostic procedure using X-rays to generate cross-sectional body images and a contrasting agent to enhance the images)

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Computed tomography (CT or CAT Scan) is a diagnostic procedure that uses X-rays to generate cross-sectional pictures of your body. The procedure involves lying on table as it moves your body into the center of an X-ray machine. The introduction of a contrasting agent into your body improves the images.

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CAT Scan with Contrasting Agent

I was in the ER and had just been diagnosed with meningitis. The doctors ordered a CT scan on my head using and iodine-based contrast agent to better evaluate what was contributing to my headaches and vomiting. Read More

Ken, male, 42, Massachusetts

 

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