Comparative Evaluation of the Fecal-Tagging Quality in CT Colonography. Barium vs. Iodinated Oral Contrast Agent

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1393-1399

  Nagata, Koichi ^a   Singh, Anand Kumar ^a   Sangwaiya, Minal Jagtiani ^a   Näppi, Janne ^a   Zalis, Michael E ^a   Cai, Wenli ^a   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

barium; Computed tomography; iodinated contrast; tagging; virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; DIATRIZOATE; GASTROGRAFIN ORAL; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; LAXOBERON SOLUTION; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; PICOSULFATE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CECUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LARGE INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOID; TRANSVERSE COLON;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; COLON; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 70349775621     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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