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Positron Emission Tomography
Diagnostic Imaging Pathways - Common Procedures Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Positron Emission Tomography utilises short acting, positron emitting isotopes to investigate a number of disease processes
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Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
This article tells consumers about a positron emission tomography (PET) scan, the benefits and the risks, what happens before, during and after having a PET scan.
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Nuclear medicine/PET | ARPANSA
Find out more about the Australian diagnostic reference levels for nuclear medicine and positron emission tomography procedures.
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Computed Tomography
Diagnostic Imaging Pathways - Common Procedures Computed Tomography (CT) Computed Tomography (CT) involves using an X-ray tube coupled to a detector system, encased within a doughnut shaped gantry
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High Resolution Computed Tomography
Diagnostic Imaging Pathways - Common Procedures High Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) High-Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) is a widely used technique to image various lung pathology
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Computed Tomography (CT)
This article tells consumers about a computed tomography (CT) scan, the benefits and the risks, what happens before, during and after having a CT scan.
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Computed Tomography (CT) Angiography
This article tells consumers about the benefits and the risks, what happens before, during and after having a computed tomography (CT) angiography procedure.
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CT scan (computerised tomography) | Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
What is a CT scan? CT stands for "computerised tomography"
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Computed Tomography (CT) - InsideRadiology
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CT calcium scoring investigation information | myVMC
Computed tomography (CT) calcium scoring is a non-invasive method to detect the presence of calcium in the blood vessels that supply your heart.
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Magnetic resonance imaging versus computed tomography for detection of acute vascular lesions in patients presenting with stroke symptoms | Cochrane
Magnetic resonance imaging versus computed tomography for detection of acute vascular lesions in patients presenting with stroke symptoms
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Regular or selected use of computed tomography (CT) scanning to reduce deaths in people who have a high-energy blunt-traumatic injury | Cochrane
Regular or selected use of computed tomography (CT) scanning to reduce deaths in people who have a high-energy blunt-traumatic injury
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The use of computed tomography angiography (CTA) to confirm the clinical diagnosis of brain death | Cochrane
This Cochrane diagnostic test accuracy review looked at the evidence for the radiology test computed tomography angiography (CTA), which demonstrates blood flow in the main vessels of the brain, to support the results of clinical tests of brain function performed in unconscious patients on mechanical breathing machines who are thought by their doctors to have died.
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Computed tomography angiography or magnetic resonance angiography for detecting blood vessel abnormalities in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage | Cochrane
Computed tomography angiography or magnetic resonance angiography for detecting blood vessel abnormalities in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage
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Optical coherence tomography measurement of central retinal thickness to diagnose diabetic macular oedema | Cochrane
Optical coherence tomography measurement of central retinal thickness to diagnose diabetic macular oedema
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Abscess (Intra-Abdominal)
This pathway provides guidance for imaging adult patients with suspected intra-abdominal abscess, including those with and without a recent surgical operation.
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F-FDG PET scan for early prediction of developing Alzheimers disease or other dementia in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) | Cochrane
F-FDG PET scan for early prediction of developing Alzheimers disease or other dementia in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
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Tests for imaging the optic nerve and its fibres for diagnosing glaucoma | Cochrane
We reviewed the evidence about the accuracy of confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (commercially available as the Heidelberg Retinal Tomogram (HRT)), optical coherence tomography (OCT) and scanning laser polarimetry (as used by the GDx device) for diagnosing glaucoma in people who are at risk. These tests can measure the structure of the optic nerve head or measure the thickness of the nerve's fibres, or both.
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What is the diagnostic accuracy of laparoscopic staging following a CT scan for assessing whether pancreatic and periampullary cancer is resectable? | Cochrane
What is the diagnostic accuracy of laparoscopic staging following a CT scan for assessing whether pancreatic and periampullary cancer is resectable?
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I-MIBG- and 18F-FDG-PET-imaging, two nuclear imaging methods for diagnosing neuroblastoma tumours | Cochrane
Neuroblastoma is a childhood tumour that can be visualized by a specific nuclear imaging compound, called metaiodobenzylguanidine (I -MIBG). I-MIBG-imaging is not only important for the diagnosis of neuroblastoma, but also for localization of metastases (spread of the disease to other organs). Sometimes, the neuroblastoma does not take up I-MIBG and as a result the neuroblastoma is not visible on the scan. In that case, another type of nuclear imaging might be useful to visualize the neuroblastoma: fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET)-imaging.
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