Comparison of fluoroscopy and radiography in the assessment of colonic transit time using radio-opaque markers

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1019-1025

  Pomerri, F ^a   Zandona M ^a   Barusco, A ^a   Razzoli, M ^a   Muzzio, P C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BARIUM SULFATE; COLON; CONSTIPATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 49349111284     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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