Multidetector helical CT in the evaluation of acute small bowel obstruction: Comparison of non-enhanced (no oral, rectal or IV contrast) and IV enhanced CT

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-140

  Atri, Mostafa ^a   McGregor, Caitlin ^a   McInnes, Mathew ^a   Power, Niall ^a   Rahnavardi, Katayoun ^a   Law, Calvin ^a   Kiss, Alex ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT technique; Multidetector helical CT; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL IMAGING; ADULT PATIENTS; BOWEL OBSTRUCTION; CT TECHNIQUE; HELICAL CT; MULTI-DETECTOR; MULTIDETECTOR HELICAL CT; REFERENCE STANDARD; ROC CURVES; SMALL BOWEL; SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649225478     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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