Medical Tests Guide: MRI, CT Scans, EKG & Patient Safety

What are the risks and benefits of contrast-enhanced imaging? Proper preparation, such as pre-procedural fasting and specific diets, is essential for accurate results in MRI, CT, and EKG tests.

CT Scans

A Clear Liquid Diet Before a CT Scan

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Lindsay Boyers

A computerized tomography, or CT, scan is a diagnostic testing procedure that involves taking X-rays to create cross-sectional images of an area of the body. For many CT scans, a contrast material, or dye, is swallowed or injected to emphasize certain structures on the X-rays.