MR Colonography: How Does Air Compare to Water for Colonic Distention?

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 216-221

  Ajaj, Waleed ^a   Lauenstein, Thomas C ^a   Pelster, Gregor ^a   Goehde, Susanne C ^a   Debatin, Joerg F ^a   Ruehm, Stefan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air; Contrast agent; Enema; MR colonography; Water

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOBENIC ACID; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; COLON DILATATION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE DISTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE COLONOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; CARCINOMA; COLON; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 0842282851     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10455     Document Type: Article

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