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CT Scanning of the Head (Computed Tomography or CAT Scan)No special preparation is needed for a CT scan of the head unless you are to receive a contrast material—a substance that highlights the brain and its blood ...
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An option

TAC = tomografía axial computarizada and S/C = sin contraste.

I think "CT of the head" is better than "brain CT" because structures other than the brain (e.g. the skull bones, nasal sinuses, blood vessels, cervical vertebrae) are also visualized.