The nickname Boilermakers goes back to 1891 when the Purdue football team defeated nearby rival Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana 44â0.
Doctors can use computed tomography (to-MOG-rah-fee) scans, or CT scans, to look for blood clots in the lungs and legs. For this test, dye is injected into a vein in your arm. The dye makes the blood vessels in your lungs and legs show up on x-ray images. You'll lie on a table, and an x-ray tube will rotate around you.
To check for DVT, your doctor may recommend: 1  An ultrasound of your deep veins to check for clots. 2  A blood test to check for elevated levels of D-dimer (a sign of DVT) 3  A venography X-ray of the veins in your legs and feet to check for clots. 4  A CT scan or MRI scan of your deep veins to check for clots.