Investigation of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding with 16- and 64-slice multidetector CT

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-63

  Lee, S ^a,b   Welman, Cj ^a,b   Ramsay, D ^b  

^a Fremantle Hospital and Health Service   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bowel; Contrast enhanced CT; Haemorrhage; Lower gastrointestinal tract; MDCT

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER SURGERY; CAUTERIZATION; CECUM CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HEMICOLECTOMY; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; ILEUM CANCER; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65349123760     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2009.02038.x     Document Type: Article

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