Perfusion CT assessment of the colon and rectum: Feasibility of quantification of bowel wall perfusion and vascularization

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 821-824

  Khan, Sairah ^a   Goh, Vicky ^a   Tam, Emily ^a   Wellsted, David ^b   Halligan, Steve ^c  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon; Computed tomography; Perfusion CT; Rectum

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BIOETHICS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VOLUME; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; INTESTINE PERFUSION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; INTESTINE WALL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM; SIGMOID; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSVERSE COLON; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLON; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERFUSION IMAGING; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860010685     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.02.033     Document Type: Article

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