Some of the indications for performing a chest CT scan with contrast include the following; If cancer is suspected in the lungs on the chest X-ray The suspected parenchymal disease of the lungs Lung infections (COVID-19) or abscesses Suspicion of a tumor/cancer in any of the chest organ ...
Contrast Enhancement of CT-Scan Images of Lungs Using Morphological Filtersdoi:10.1007/978-981-16-8554-5_24Lung cancer is one of the most fatal pulmonary diseases. Its screening can be done by multiple techniques such as X-ray imaging and computer tomography (CT) scan imaging. The CT-scan ...
A chest CT scan using contrast gives detailed images taken at varying angles of the different parts of the chest. The contrast media is generally given intravenously. It is a non-invasive procedure that provides increased visibility of the structures of the chest that include the lungs, heart, ...
CT scan chest/lungs:A CT scan of the chest can provide a doctor with detailed images of a person’s lungs. Doctors might order the scan if a patient complains of having trouble breathing or of having chest pain. The images can help doctors diagnose conditions such as lung cancer, pneumonia...
A 256-slice dual-energy CT scanner (Revolution CT with Gemstone Spectral Imaging (GSI) Xtream, GE Healthcare) at Chulabhorn Hospital was used in this study. An axial chest CT scan without contrast agent was applied. The protocol started with a scout view from lung apices to lung bases in...
In contrast to the AI model, the most frequent false negatives of the radiologists were nodules in base of the lungs (e), nodules in the right azygoesophageal recess (f), nodules with the same diameter as neighbouring vessels (g), and juxtapleural nodules (h). Full size image In Table...
prediction rules is applied, additional diagnostic pursuit of pulmonary embolism is required.1 Ventilation-perfusion imaging of the lungs is a potential alternative to contrast-enhanced CT, but its availability is variable, and its usefulness is limited in patients with abnormal chest radiographic ...
Objective To explore the value of postcontrast spiral CT scan technique in guiding biopsy of lumps near pulmo- nary hilum.Methods A total of 114 patients with lumps near pulmonary hilum underwent CT guided biopsy.These biopies were guided either by postcontrast CT in 45 patients(groupⅠ),or ...
All diagnostic workup and treatment of participants with suspicious nodules was taken care of by units specialized in lung cancer and part of the public health service in Copenhagen. Incidental findings on the CT scan outside the lungs or bronchi judged to be of clinical significance for the ...
Here we present six patients from 1 month old to 18 years of age with different types of pulmonary agenesis. Case presentation Six patients whom underwent contrast enhanced chest CT scan in radiology department of French Medical Institute for Mothers and children in Kabul were diagnosed lung ...