Utility of dark-lumen MR colonography for the assessment of extra-colonic organs

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1574-1583

  Ajaj, Waleed ^a   Ruehm, Stefan G ^b   Ladd, Susanne C ^c   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

Colorectal pathologies; Conventional colonoscopy; Extra colonic findings; MR colonography; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLON DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE EXAMINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE COLONOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34248652687     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0549-y     Document Type: Article

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