Depiction of normal gastrointestinal anatomy with MDCT: Comparison of low- and high-attenuation oral contrast media

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-87

  Erturk, Sukru Mehmet ^a   Mortelé, Koenraad J ^a   Oliva, Maria Raquel ^a   Ichikawa, Tomoaki ^a   Silverman, Stuart G ^a   Cantisani, Vito ^b   Pagliara, Elisa ^b   Ros, Pablo R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Contrast media; CT; Gastrointestinal tract

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACTS; MULTIDETECTOR-ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MDCT);

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE CONTROL; GASTROENTEROLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE; READICAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLUMEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTESTINE WALL; JEJUNUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; STOMACH;

ADULT; AGED; BARIUM SULFATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 41149175629     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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