Strengths and weaknesses of dark-lumen MR colonography: Clinical relevance of polyps smaller than 5 mm in diameter at the moment of their detection

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1088-1094

  Ajaj, Waleed ^a   Ruehm, Stefan G ^b   Gerken, Guido ^c   Goyen, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conventional colonoscopy; Histopathology; Lesions smaller than 5 mm; MR colonography; Polyps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; COLON INJURY; COLONOSCOPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVENTIONAL COLONOSCOPY; DARK LUMEN MAGNETIC RESONANCE COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPLASIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTESTINE POLYP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750473390     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20734     Document Type: Article

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