Virtual colonoscopy in paediatric patients. Usefulness of a colon dissection technique

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 189-194

  Carrascosa, Patricia ^a   López, Elba Martín ^a   Capuñay, Carlos ^a   Vallejos, Javier ^a   Carrascosa, Jorge ^a  

^a Department of Computed Tomography   (Argentina)

Author keywords

CT colonography; Multidetector computed tomography; Paediatrics; Virtual colonoscopy; Virtual studies

Indexed keywords

COLON DISSECTION; COLONOSCOPY; CT COLONOGRAPHY; CT SCANNERS; MEAN AGES; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COLONOSCOPY; PATIENT EVALUATION; PRONE POSITION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY; VIRTUAL STUDIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PEDIATRICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ENDOSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTICAL COLONOSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 77950032404     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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