Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: Evaluation with 64-section multiphase CT enterography - Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 562-571

  Huprich, James E ^a   Fletcher, Joel G ^a   Alexander, Jeffrey A ^a   Fidler, Jeff L ^a   Burton, Sharon S ^a   McCullough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY ENTEROGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39549085975     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2462061920     Document Type: Article

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