Forty percent of children undergoing CT for blunt abdominal trauma have incidental findings, but few require urgent care, a study finds.

AbdomenAtlas also serves as a benchmark that allows other research groups to evaluate the accuracy of their medical ...

Approximately 150 – 200 abdominal and pelvic CT scans in a wide variety of clinical complexity are performed per day across all our inpatient and ambulatory facilities: University Hospital, The ...

Vidal, MD In Figure 1 (KUB), a flat upright view of the abdomen showed moderate amount of stool in the descending colon and rectum, without any evidence of obstruction. A CT scan without contrast ...

Despite its scale, AbdomenAtlas represents only 0.05% of the CT scans taken in the U.S. each year. The researchers hope more ...

“Children with abdominal pain are a diagnostic conundrum. On the one hand those who have appendicitis need to be diagnosed in ...

Researchers found that large pediatric centers achieve low rates of delayed diagnosis of appendicitis while also having the lowest rates of CT use.

Abdominal pain is among the most common reasons children are taken to the emergency department. A small proportion of them usually have appendicitis, and timely detection is essential.