Computerized Tomography (CT) Scans

CT Scan

Now booking CT Scans
within a week. 

Computerized tomography (CT) scans combine a series of X-rays and computer to created detailed images of your body.

Our bright room will aid you to feel at ease during the scan. The technologist will explain the exam in detail and answer any questions about the test.

Pricing from $675- $1300, (Cardiac CTA $2,200)

Best of all, no long wait times.

Serving Vancouver, Surrey, and the Lower Mainland.

CT Calcium Score and Cardiac CTA

CT Calcium Score $700

  • A Gated, non contrast scan of the heart (scans in time with heart beat to get clear images free of motion)

  • Detects Calcium in the arteries, tell us the amount of Calcium and and location within arteries.

  • Provides an indication of coronary artery disease risk.

  • Suitable for patients that are not symptomatic, that have Cardiac risk factors such as diabetes.

Cardiac CTA $2200

  • Non invasive, Cardiac gated scan (patient is connected to ECG leads and the scanner scans when heart is paused between beats, to get images free of motion)

  • Premedication of beta blocker is taken to lower the Heart rate, The scan is taken while contrast is highlighting the inside of the arteries of the heart to look for narrowing or blockage in the Coronary arteries.

  • This scan is good for diagnosing coronary artery disease in symptomatic patients.

  • Patients require a ride to and from the appointment as our Nurse gives medication to alter the Blood pressure and Heart rate.

  • Patients are monitored by a nurse throughout and after the exam.

  • Booking within a few weeks for Cardiac CTA

Medical diagnostic report showing arterial lesion analysis, calcium scores, and age-related coronary risk assessment with graph indicating risk percentages for different ages.
Requisition

Our types of CT scans

    • Acute trauma to head, facial bones, spine and orbit (e.g. foreign body)

    • Decreased or altered level of consciousness

    • Seizures, 1st documented

    • Stroke / Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

    • Acute thunderclap headache: suspected acute subarachnoid hemorrhage

    • Screening for intracranial aneurysms – family history Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA)

    • Intracranial venous thrombosis

    • Appendicitis

    • Diverticulitis

    • Bowel obstruction

    • Bowel ischemia

    • Renal colic

    • Cholecystitis or biliary obstruction

    • Solid organ abscess/infection or collection

    • Post-operative complications

    • Metastasis preoperative workup

    • Tumor – search for primary in the abdomen/pelvis

    • Pancreatitis complications

    • Malignant disease; staging prior to treatment or evaluation if concern regarding progression

    • Solid organ masses (intraabdominal, pelvic for further characterization)

    • Workup of asymptomatic abdominal mass

    • Renal or liver transplant complications

  • Chest imaging without contrast and including Hi Res.

    • Rapidly progressive shortness of breath (without a known underlying cause)

    • Hemoptysis, increasing in frequency and volume

    • Acute interstitial lung disease

    • Further characterization of mediastinal, lung or pleural mass

    • Lymphadenopathy (hilar, mediastinal)

    • Evaluating atypical lung or pleural infection and symptomatic patients with a cough

    • High clinical suspicion for pneumonia/infection with a normal chest radiograph

    • Chronic Interstitial lung disease – evaluation of progression

    • Bronchiectasis

    • Characterization of small pulmonary nodule

    • Evaluation for lung cancer in high risk individuals

    • Acute/ unstable infective endocarditis

    • Suspected prosthetic valve dehiscence

    • Chest pain (typical / atypical in high risk patient) (Coronary CTA)

    • Stable suspected infective endocarditis

    • Myo-/pericarditis (MRI contraindicated)

    • Coronary artery calcium score

    • Follow-up pericardial effusion

    • Acute spinal trauma

    • Acute myelopathy, (cord compression, cauda equina syndrome)

    • Discitis / osteomyelitis, suspected

    • Evaluation of rapidly deteriorating malignant disease

    • Sciatica with progressive neurological deficit

    • Back pain with red flags

    • Spinal stenosis with bowel or bladder dysfunction

    • Acute fractures with inconclusive plain X-rays, or for preoperative evaluation by an Orthopedic surgeon

    • Necrotizing fasciitis

    • Assess postoperative complications, hardware or fracture alignment

    • Osteomyelitis (if MRI contraindicated)

    • Tumor – primary bone or soft tissue skeletal

    • Unstable metastatic bone lesion

    • Diagnose and follow up on Aortic Aneurysms

    • Diagnose and follow up Aortic Dissections

    • Renal Angiogram to assess for renal hypertension

    • EVAR to check patency of Aortic stents

    • Abdominal Angio to find source of GI Bleeding

If your doctor has not already provided you with a filled-out requisition form, please print the requisition below and have your doctor fill it out, and fax to 778-613-2656 or email it to Elysian Health imaging@elysianhealth.ca

REQUISITION