Preparing for the procedure

In the waiting room

The first part of the procedure starts in the waiting room, where you will be asked to drink between 500 ml and 1 litre of water. In some cases, you may be given a contrast solution to drink instead. You will have thirty to forty-five minutes to drink the water or contrast solution. If you are on a fluid restriction diet, please notify the employee who brings you your water. In this case, you can drink what your diet allows.
You will then be picked up for the second part of the procedure: inserting the IV and administering the CT scan. This will take twenty minutes. The entire procedure will take approximately one hour.

Patient care Patient examinations CT-scan with drinking constrast solution

What is a CT scan?

A CT scan uses X-rays to produce cross-sectional images of the body, which can be used to examine a specific body part.

About the examination

Checklist for IV contrast solution to be completed three weeks before your appointment

Before the contrast dye can be administered, we ask that you print out and complete this checklist at home.

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Checklist for IV contrast solution to be completed three weeks before your appointment

MijnRadboud

Before the contrast solution can be administered, we kindly ask that you print out and complete this contrast checklist at home. You can do this via MijnRadboud or by using the activation code in your appointment letter.
Please complete this checklist three weeks before your appointment. This will give us enough time to make any changes that may be necessary. Once you have completed the checklist via MijnRadboud or by using the activation code, we will contact you if we need more information.
More information about MijnRadboud.

Activation code

If you received an activation code in your appointment letter, you will have to activate it before it expires. For help, watch this instructional video (YouTube). You can activate the code via MijnRadboud. This site also contains more information about the activation code.

Direct login

To log in to MijnRadboud with your username and password, click here.
To return to MijnRadboud, click on the image of the head at the top right corner of every page.

If you are unable to complete the checklist online, you can submit a paper version instead.

Before the contrast solution can be administered, we ask that you print out and complete this contrast checklist at home. If you don't have a printer, read through the questions anyway. You may have to call us before the procedure or we may recommend having someone else drive you home afterwards.
Go to the contrast checklist (checklist in Dutch).

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Your appointment

Your doctor will make an appointment. You will get a notification. If you are unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible so that your appointment can be given to another patient.

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Your appointment

Your doctor will make an appointment. You will get a notification.

Cancelling or changing your appointment

If you are unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible so that your appointment can be given to another patient. You can call the Radiology Department on weekdays between 08.30-16.45 at (024) 361 45 29.
Should you wish to cancel your appointment we request that you also inform your specialist.