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A computerized tomography (CT) scan combines a series of X-ray images taken from different angles around 你的身体 and uses computer processing to create image slices of the bones, blood vessels and soft tissue inside 你的身体. CT scan images provide more detailed information than plain X-rays.

Depending on what your medical provider is looking for, this test may be ordered with or without IV contrast.

What Is Intravenous Contrast (IV) Media?

In order to see the blood vessels and body tissues on the scan, 的技术专家 must inject contrast media into a vein. Some people refer to this as “dye” although it’s not like the dye you might use at home. 这些对比 media are liquid solutions that contain iodine and show up on X-rays. It is removed from the body through the kidneys but will not change the color of your urine.

要带什么

• Your medical provider’s order (Your medical provider may have already 把这个发给我们.)
• 个人身份证
• 保险卡
• Medication list and dosages
• Any required screening forms

如何准备

• You should inform your medical provider if you have any allergies to contrast 材料.
• Please leave valuable jewelry at home.
• If you are pregnant or think you might be, please inform the imaging technologist.
• If you have a history of kidney problems, you should inform 的技术专家.
• If you have had an adverse reaction during a prior CT, you should inform 的技术专家.
• If you are wearing an on-body medication pump, you should inform 的技术专家.

期待什么

• This is a noninvasive exam.
• During the exam, you will be placed on a table and positioned inside the center of a large ring-like scanner. The machine makes a minimal amount of noise, and the table moves forward and backward. The study is not painful.
• You may be asked to remove jewelry, glasses and any metal objects that may interfere with the images.
• If your medical provider ordered IV contrast, 的技术专家 will start an IV in a vein in your arm. The contrast will be injected through the IV and may make you feel warm or flushed.
• Please allow 30 minutes from the time you check in to the completion of the test.

筛选 Forms for This Test

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Schedule an Appointment

呼叫 North Oaks Scheduling between 7 am and 5:30 pm.
哈蒙德: (985) 230-7777
Livingston: (225) 686-4899

If you are a medical provider and need to send an order, please fax it to (985) 230-6781.