CT enterography: Review of technique and practical tips

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1015, 2012, Pages 876-886

  Ilangovan, R ^a   Burling, David ^a   George, A ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Marshall, M ^a   Taylor, S A ^b  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CARCINOID; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTESTINE LYMPHOMA; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC EXAMINATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; STANDARD; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VASCULITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863661578     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/27973476     Document Type: Review

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