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How long is a kidney CT scan?

I will have a kidney CT scan. How long is a kidney CT scan?

4 Answers

Depends on whether it’s with or without contrast and what is being evaluated .

A routine CT if the abdomen without contrast takes 5 minutes once your in the table .

A contrasted study takes 8-10 minutes after you on in the table.

Hope that helps



30 minutes
That is for the first part of the scan. There are multiple phases for this scan, but if your kidney function is normal, the scan time itself shouldnt take more than 5 minutes.
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