4 simple steps to pass the examination under Compulsory Social Health Insurance
Contact your local physician at the place of registration
Get a referral for an examination
To make an appointment for a CT/MRI/X-ray examination
Obtain the results in Damumed App and from your primary care physician within 2 working days
Contraindications
pregnancy
Application
X-ray examinations are one of the most popular in modern medicine. X-rays are used to obtain simple X-ray images of bones and internal organs, fluorography, in computerized tomography, in angiography, etc.
Duration
In most cases, a plain X-ray takes no more than 10-15 minutes. A contrast-enhanced examination requires more time and takes from 30 minutes to an hour. Sedation (anesthesia) may be used if necessary.
Booking
Admission is conducted on the basis of first come, first served principle or by appointment. The patient must have the following documents: ID card/passport/residence permit. A referral from a physician or a written recommendation of a physician in the advisory sheet / abstract of outpatient medical record (if available)
Important information
The result of the examination is an image of the organ. It allows assessment of the morphological characteristics of the organ, but it does not allow assessment of its function, unlike X-ray examination, that allows obtaining information about the organ’s function in real time.
To obtain a more informative result, it is necessary to use contrast agents