Computed tomography in the imaging of colonic diverticulitis

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 977-983

  Buckley, O ^a   Geoghegan, T ^a   O'Riordain, D S ^a   Lyburn, I D ^b   Torreggiani, William C ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonic; Computed tomography (CT); Diagnostic imaging; Diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON FISTULA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTOCOLIC FISTULA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 5544294569     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.05.003     Document Type: Review

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