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CT is becoming a more commonly used modality because it is fast and easy to perform, and is more readily available. Contrast‐enhanced and non‐contrast CT have been shown to accurately identify GI foreign material and obstruction as well as to differentiate surgical from nonsurgical acute abdomen patients [52–54]. Additionally, while the diagnostic accuracy for surgical versus non‐surgical conditions is high for radiographs, ultrasound, and CT (94%, 94%, and 100%, respectively), median CT acquisition time was far faster than ultrasonography (2.5 and 26.0 minutes, respectively) [54].