Pictorial review: Magnetic resonance imaging of colonic diverticulitis

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 221-227

  Buckley, Orla ^a   Geoghegan, Tony ^a   McAuley, Grainne ^a   Persaud, Thara ^a   Khosa, Faisal ^a   Torreggiani, William C ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colon; Diverticulitis; Diverticulosis; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTESTINE FISTULA; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33846063711     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0236-z     Document Type: Review

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