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When is contrast needed for abdominal and pelvic CT?

Mark Radetic, MD, Robert DeVita, MD and John Haaga, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 595-598; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19093
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