Noninvasive radiologic imaging of the large intestine: A valuable complement to optical colonoscopy

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-68

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Computed tomography colonography; Inflammatory bowel disease; MRI; PET imaging

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ENEMA; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74249089497     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e328332b835     Document Type: Review

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