In a new pilot feasibility study, researchers from Mayo Clinic, the University of Washington School of Medicine, the ...

Although CT is a relatively recent technology, there have been great improvements in the equipment. The early, slow "Step and Scan" machines required long image acquisition times, resulting in a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Hospitals around the country are facing a shortage of a certain kind of dye used to assist in reading computed tomography, commonly referred to as a CAT or CT scan. The dye, ...

BOSTON - Hospitals across the country, including Massachusetts, are dealing with a new supply chain shortage. This time it's contrast dye needed to perform CAT scans. "Some studies you just can't see ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - An Eastern Iowa family says a loved one diagnosed with cancer can’t receive the needed CT scan because of a global shortage of contrast dye. “I’ve never heard about this, ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — We have another supply shortage because of COVID. This time it’s contrast, which is the critical fluid for people getting scans for strokes, heart attacks and cancer, and ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A factory shutdown in China is causing issues in hospitals half a world away here in Arkansas. This nationwide shortage is now putting certain medical tests on hold. It's called ...

Erin Dwyer has been doing a lot of waiting. After a sonogram in December, she found out that she has a growth on her right kidney and had to wait months to see a specialist. Now she’s waiting for a CT ...

If you need medical imaging tests done, you may wonder how much an MRI, CT scan, or other imaging test costs and how these tests differ. Hospitals and medical facilities negotiate the prices of ...