The advantages of volume rendering in three-dimensional endosonography of the anorectum

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-368

  Santoro, Giulio A ^a,c   Fortling, Bjørn ^b  

^a Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^b BK Medical   (Denmark)

^c Regional Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anal fistulas; Endoanal ultrasonography; Endorectal ultrasonography; Fecal incontinence; Rectal cancer; Three dimensional ultrasonography; Volume render mode

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL IMAGING; EARLY CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FILTER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUMINANCE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERIANAL ABSCESS; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM TUMOR; SEPSIS; SUBMUCOSA; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABSCESS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847778581     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0767-z     Document Type: Article

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