Imaging of the gastrointestinal tract-novel technologies

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-168

  Frøkjær, Jens Brøndum ^a   Drewes, Asbjørn Mohr ^a   Gregersen, Hans ^a,b,c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Gastrointestinal tract; Imaging; Magnetic resonance; Radiology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLON FISTULA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE POLYP; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 59249092917     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.160     Document Type: Review

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