What Does Hypermetabolic Mean on PET Scan?
Hypermetabolic on PET scan means that the tissue lights up or is hotter because it is more active than the background tissues. PET scans most commonly use a glucose molecule…
Author: A. Mendelson, MD
What Does Indication Mean on a Radiology Report?
Indication on a radiology report is the reasons why the study is being done. Indication is usually specified by the ordering provider. Indications are also placed into the radiology report…
Can A CT Scan Detect Stomach Cancer?
CT scan can not reliably detect all stomach cancer. CT is more commonly used for staging of known gastric cancer. Staging means to see how advanced the cancer is. CT…
What Does A Pelvic CT Scan Show?
Pelvic CT scan shows us the anatomy of the pelvis. The pelvis includes the reproductive organs like the uterus and ovaries in women and the prostate in men. We see…
Osseous Abnormality Meaning
Osseous refers to bones. An Osseous abnormality is therefore one of bones. We can image the bones in multiple ways but most commonly we do this with X-rays. Radiologists…
Waiting for CT Scan Results?
Waiting for CT scan results can be a source of worry because you do not know when you will get results. CT scan results can become available at different times…
What is a Hypoattenuating Lesion?
A hypoattenuating lesion refers to an abnormality on a CT scan which is darker in density then the surrounding tissues. We refer to the brightness of a lesion as density….
What Does Grossly Normal Mean in Medical Terms?
Grossly normal in medical terms means that we do not see anything abnormal on an imaging test but there is some limitation in the evaluation. It indicates that there is…
What Does No Acute Findings Mean?
No acute findings means that there is nothing on the scan that indicates a new or recently developed condition or abnormality. Radiologists use this on all types of scans from…
What Does Bilateral Mean in a Radiology Report?
Bilateral in a radiology report means that both sides are affected. There are many parts of the body where we have right and left sides. For example, we have a…
Does No News Mean Good News For A CT Scan Results?
No it does not. No news about your CT report simply means that the results of the scan are not yet available to you. This can be for many reasons…
What Does Unremarkable Mean in Medical Terms?
Unremarkable is a term that can be found in radiology reports of all kinds. From X-rays all the way to advanced imaging modalities like CT and MRI. Unremarkable can be…