If they have bad symptoms, they may go in for a CT (computed tomography) scan. This looks for brain injuries like bruising, bleeding, and swelling. But CT scans don’t catch everything.

Hounsfield called this technology a CT (computerized tomography) scan, also called a CAT scan (computerized axial tomography). It was especially useful for looking at head injuries and brain ...

Sienna-Rose received a CT scan at a third hospital, which showed she had a brain hemorrhage that caused her brain to double in size due to the excess fluid. She then underwent a three-and-a-half ...