Abdominal film, X-ray abdomen, KUB (if the test is done to look for problems associated with the kidneys, ureters or bladder). What is an abdominal X-ray? An abdominal film is an X-ray image of the ...

Rates of unnecessary abdominal X-rays decreased from 62% to 24% in children seen in the emergency department (ED) for constipation after implementation of a quality improvement intervention. The study ...

X-rays are widely available and relatively cheap to perform compared with other types of imaging, but they are rarely used to diagnose constipation. Constipation is a common condition that affects ...

An Ohio mother who went in for an X-ray after injuring her back was shocked to discover that the scan picked up an intrauterine birth control device (IUD) floating in her abdomen that her doctor ...

AMONG many surgeons and radiologists it is an axiom that the appearance of fluid levels in the intestine on a roentgenogram of the abdomen is pathognomonic of intestinal obstruction. Through the years ...

Melinda Nichols with husband. The X-ray shows her IUD had traveled to her upper-right abdomen. Courtesy of Melinda Nichols In late 2007, Melinda Nichols of Chillicothe, Ohio, decided she had delivered ...

Single-slice abdominal computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed to measure visceral adipose tissue in individuals with obesity and diabetes mellitus can also image skeletal ...

We investigated childhood brain tumours by histological subtype in relation to prenatal X-ray among all children, less than 15 years of age, born in Sweden between 1975 and 1984. For each case, one ...

My Turn" Lee Soo-ji was taken to the hospital with abdominal pain. On the 11th episode of SBS "One-Shot Project: My Turn," Han-ra (played by Lee Soo-ji) and Park Ji-hyun visit a bingsu shop. On that ...