CT scans at Detroit Medical Center are usually available within 72 hours of request, with proper referral and insurance approvals. To schedule your CT Scan, call 888-DMC-2500.
Important: The preparations listed on these pages DO NOT APPLY TO CHILDREN.
You should ALWAYS check with your doctor before stopping any of your medications.
Abdomen/Pelvis
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.
For DMC Harper University Hospital: This exam will take 2 hours, as you will be asked to drink contrast upon your arrival.
Do not schedule any upper or lower GI examinations for 1 week prior to this examination.
Abdomen/Pelvis Known AAA
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.
Abdomen/Pelvis Stone Protocol
Prep: None
CCTA
Prep: No caffeine for 24 hrs before the test. Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours before your appointment, except water. If you are taking medication for erectile dysfunction (Viagra, Levitra, Cialis) you must stop taking this for 24 hours before and after your examination.
Notes: You will need to arrive one hour early for monitoring, possible beta-blockers and for lab work.
Patients w/ pacemakers or defibrillators cannot have this scan.
CT Run Off
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.
CTA Abdomen/Pelvis
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.
CTA Chest (Thorax)
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.
CTA Head
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.
CTA Neck
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.
Enterography
Prep: Have a light evening meal day the day before your exam. Nothing to eat after midnight the night before your exam. You may drink water only.
Notes: Length of test is 2 hours.
Extremity With Contrast
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.
Extremity Without Contrast
No Prep.
Head, Brain, Head/Brain With Contrast
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.
Head, Brain, Head/Brain Without Contrast
No Prep.
Maxillofacial
Prep: None
Neck With Contrast
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.
Neck Without Contrast
No Prep.
Orbits With Contrast
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.
Orbits Without Contrast
No Prep.
Paranasal Sinuses With Contrast
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.
Paranasal Sinuses Without Contrast
No Prep.
Spine (C, T, L-Spine)
Prep: None
Notes: For Lumbar Spine Only: Do not schedule any upper or lower GI examinations for 1 week prior to this examination.
Temporal Bones/Mastoids
Prep: None
Thorax/Chest
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.
TMJ
Prep: None
Urogram
Prep: Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours prior to your appointment.