AN URGENT request for a CT scan to be done to diagnose a patient with severe abdominal pain was rejected by the company contracted to provide out-of-hours scans for York Hospital, an inquest was told.

A CT scan of the abdomen can show the organs, blood vessels, and bones in your abdominal cavity. The multiple images provided by the scan can give your doctor many different views of your body. A CT ...

If you feel pain in your neck and shoulder, your doctor might want you to get a specific X-ray to see what’s causing the pain. This test is a computed tomography scan or what's more commonly called a ...