KARACHI --
Computerized tomography (CT) angiography machine has been lying out of order for past two months at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) and patients are being referred to private hospitals and labs for tests.
Magnetic resonance imaging improves diagnostic capabilities for many medical conditions like chronic neck or lower back pain, soft tissue masses and stroke symptoms that cannot be adequately examined by X-ray or
computerized tomography.
In order to determine the accurate anatomical localization,
computerized tomography angiography (CTA) was performed.
Data collected over decades have shown that exposures to 1 gray (Gy)--the dose from perhaps 100
computerized tomography seans--typically increase an individual's lifetime risk of cancer by 5 percent.
In this metaanalysis, the investigators reviewed data on 1,342 patients who participated in any of five clinical trials; four of the studies compared intensive follow-up using
computerized tomography and measurement of serum carcinoembryonic antigen to look for recurrence outside the bowel and colonoscopy to look for recurrence within the bowel.
The role of high resolution
computerized tomography and standardized ultrasound in the evaluation of orbital cellulitis.
Results of a chest X-ray and a high-resolution
computerized tomography scan were unremarkable.
The company said that its innovation can be used for mammography and
computerized tomography (CT), among other applications.
Computerized tomography images of the inner ear show semicircular canals, crucial for maintaining balance, like those of chimps.
On admission, the lumbar puncture,
computerized tomography scan, and electroencephalogram were normal.