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...most frequently measured by [[x-ray absorptiometry]] (DXA scan) or [[x-ray computed tomography]]. Bone density is an important predictor for [[osteoporosis]]."<ref>{{MeSH

...tion Program Investigators*| title=Definition of a positive test result in computed tomography screening for lung cancer: a cohort study. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= ...cancer screening with sputum cytologic examination, chest radiography, and computed tomography: an update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force |journal=Ann. Intern

...ical reactions with anatomical information, such as single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET).

One approach is [[ultrasonography]] of the abdomen, followed by [[computed tomography]] of the abdomen if ultrasonography is negative.<ref name="pmid19561056">{{

...aving subsequent surgery.<ref name="pmidpending">Kory Jones et al., “Can a computed tomography scoring system predict the need for surgery in small-bowel obstruction?,”

For acute sinusitis, interpreting abnormal [[computed tomography]] scan results is difficult because most patients with a common cold will h For chronic sinusitis, [[computed tomography]] has many false positive results.<ref name="pmid22114094">{{cite journal|

...takis G, Hadjizacharia P et al.| title=Indications for routine repeat head computed tomography (CT) stratified by severity of traumatic brain injury. | journal=J Trauma | ...Meeker M, von Koch C, Manley GT et al.| title=The role of early follow-up computed tomography imaging in the management of traumatic brain injury patients with intracran

...isibility of internal bodily structures in an [[X-ray]] image, including [[computed tomography]] (CT). ...s per se, other forms of medical imaging, such as [[single photon emission computed tomography]] (SPECT) and [[positron emission tomography]] (PET), generate images from

...n given to patients with the syndrome. Results of [[single-photon emission computed tomography]] (SPECT) have suggested deficiency of [[dopamine]] D2 receptors. Sympathet

...]] (PET), [[radionuclide angiography]] ([[RNA]]), [[single photon emission computed tomography]] ([[SPECT]])) radiopharmaceuticals, and quality control of nuclear imaging

...cidental findings when a picture of the patient's face accompanies their [[computed tomography]].<ref>Helliker K. Say Cheese: Do Photos Help Doctors See Patients Better?. Studies of whole body screening [[computed tomography]] find abnormalities in the lungs of 14% of patients.<ref name="pmid1617001

| Myocardial perfusion imaging<br/>single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) =====Electron beam computed tomography=====

[[X-ray computed tomography]] has also been used. In a study that also used [[magnetic resonance imagin

...l |author=Feuchtner GM, Stolzmann P, Dichtl W, ''et al'' |title=Multislice computed tomography in infective endocarditis: comparison with transesophageal echocardiography

...t common test for detecting and confirming compression fractures, though [[Computed Tomography]] (CT scan) and [[bone scan]] can show early signs of disruption of the tra

...lissencephaly is usually made at birth or soon after by [[ultrasound]], [[computed tomography]] (CT), or [[magnetic resonance imaging]] (MRI). Before birth, complex ultr

...rm of [[magnetic resonance imaging]] (MRI) and [[computed axial tomography|computed tomography]] (CT) were developed in the 1970s and 1980s. The new MRI and CT technolog ...le photon or positron emitters. This is how [[SPECT|single photon emission computed tomography]] (SPECT) and [[positron emission tomography]] (PET) got their names. [[Ed

...hnology including MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and PET (Positron Emission Tomography). These scans show that there

...dered radiation survey, the emitted light can be formed into images, as in computed tomography. ...their "big brothers" in nuclear medicine, such as a single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT scanner), can create images.

...ston CA, Mills TJ, Luber S, Blaudeau E, DeBlieux PM |title=Indications for computed tomography in patients with minor head injury |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=343 |i