Spotlight on Scans

Patient in hospital gown sitting on MRI table talking to doctor
What Is an MRI Scan?
doctor performing ct scan
What Is a CT Scan?
PET scan - doctor helping patient
What Is a PET Scan?

Explore Imaging and Procedures

Nurse preparing patient to do a calcium blood test
What You Need To Know Before Your Next Calcium Blood Test
a doctor examining the thyroid of a female patient
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) Blood Test
A person gets their blood drawn during a blood test
Everything You Need To Know About Fasting Before a Blood Test
A woman lies in an hyperbaric chamber
What a Hyperbaric Chamber Does—and Why You'd Need To Go In One
two people sitting on hospital chairs getting their blood drawn to test liver function
What To Expect During a Liver Function Blood Test
nurse drawing blood from person in a medical office who is receiving a plasmapheresis procedure
What To Expect During Plasmapheresis
Man getting blood drawn by a nurse
What Do Your Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Blood Test Results Mean?
person with mental health condition undergoing shock therapy
How Electroconvulsive Therapy (Shock Therapy) May Improve Mental Health
person with appendicitis preparing for appendectomy
Appendectomy (Appendix Surgery)
A doctor examines imaging results
Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) Test
A gynecologist perfoming a pap smear on a patient
What Is a Pap Smear?
Close-up of person doing a home finger-prick blood test.
What Is A1C?
dermatologist checking skin before punch biopsy
What Is a Punch Biopsy?
Middle-aged male patient talking to a doctor who is holding a tablet.
What Is a Colonoscopy?
nurse collecting blood from a man to conduct a c reactive protein test
What Is a C-Reactive Protein Test?
plastic surgeon performing a panniculectomy
What Is a Panniculectomy?
person getting a cervical biopsy at a gynecologist's office
What Is a Cervical Biopsy?
a lab technician running a complete blood count through an automated hematology analyzer
What Is a CBC (Complete Blood Count)?
A radiology technician positions a man before taking an X-ray of his chest
What To Know About Getting an X-Ray
Urine test
What Is a Urinalysis—and How Should You Prepare for One?
Endoscopy - Doctor examining patient with endoscope
What Is an Endoscopy?
pathologist testing biopsy sample
What Is A Biopsy?
A young woman lies on a table, underneath a DEXA machine arm
What Is a DEXA Scan?
A healthcare provider puts electrodes on a man's chest to prepare for an EKG
What Is an EKG?
A man draws blood from a woman's arm
Understanding MCHC Blood Test Results
pregnant couple undergoing sonography
What Is Sonography?
Ultrasound - Endocrinologist giving thyroid ultrasound to patient
What Is an Ultrasound?
A close-up of a person's eye, with the white part yellowed
What Does High Bilirubin (Hyperbilirubinemia) Mean?
Health Photo Composite - Mammogram
What Is a Mammogram?
A healthcare worker administers a needle into a vein of a person's arm
What Is a HIDA Scan?
doctor conducting eeg on patient
What Is an Electroencephalogram (EEG)?
Card Placeholder Image
What To Know About MRI vs. CT Scan Costs—And How Else the Tests Compare
breast reduction
After Breast Reduction Surgery: What To Expect
radiologist lightly pressing on the chest of an old man in a blue shirt lying down on an exam table before entering a pet scan machine
What To Expect During a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan for Lung Cancer