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Laura Evans

Laura Evans, RN, CRN, is a health writer for Biology Insights covering diagnostic imaging and medical scans. She spent years caring for patients in hospital interventional radiology suites after working as a computed tomography technologist. Evans continues to work occasional per-diem nursing shifts in diagnostic radiology, assisting physicians during contrast-enhanced imaging studies and minimally invasive guided procedures.

What Is a Lung Scan? Types, Purpose, and What to Expect Tests
What Does No Metabolic Activity Mean on a PET Scan?Tests
What Is Technetium-99m Used For in Medical Imaging?Tests
What Is a Barium Swallow? How It Works and What to Expect Tests
Is Ultrasound Considered Radiology or Not?Tests
What Are the Different CT Scan Views and Planes?Tests
Can a PET Scan Tell If a Lung Nodule Is Cancerous?Tests
What Does a Shadow on a CT Scan Mean?Tests
What Can an MRA Detect in the Brain?Tests
What Is a Bone Survey and Why Is It Performed?Tests
Why Would You Need an MRI After Having a CT Scan?Tests
What Does Cancer Look Like on a CT Scan?Tests
How Are Brain Tumors Tested and Diagnosed?Cancer
What Are Opacities in Lungs and What Causes Them?Heart & Lungs
What Is the Difference Between a CT Scan and a CT Enterography?Tests
Chest CT With Contrast vs Without: What’s the Difference?Tests
What Does a CT Angiogram of the Chest Show?Tests
What Is Ground Glass Opacity and When Is It Serious?Tests
How Soon After Radiation Can You Have a CT Scan?Tests
What Do You Drink Before a CT Scan?Tests
What If I Can’t Drink All the Barium for a CT Scan?Tests
Abnormal CT Coronary Angiogram: What It Means Tests
How Is a Bone Biopsy Done? The Step-by-Step Process Procedures
What Are Radiotracers and How Do They Work?Tests
Why Do I Need a CT Thorax Scan?Tests
What Does Pancreatic Cancer Look Like on a CT Scan?Cancer
Do Benign Lung Nodules Light Up on a PET Scan?Cancer
What Is a CTV Test? An Overview of CT Venography Tests
Pathology Workflow: A Breakdown From Sample to Diagnosis Tests
Can an MRI Be Wrong? A Look at Accuracy & Limitations Tests