Diagnostic Accuracy of Computed Tomography Using Lower Doses of Radiation for Patients With Crohn's Disease

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 886-892

  Craig, Orla ^a   O'Neill, Siobhan ^a   O'Neill, Fiona ^a   McLaughlin, Patrick ^a   McGarrigle, AnneMarie ^a   McWilliams, Sebastian ^a   O'Connor, Owen ^a   Desmond, Alan ^a   Walsh, Elizabeth Kenny ^a   Ryan, Max ^a   Maher, Michael ^a   Shanahan, Fergus ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; IBD; Perforation; Risk

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; BUDESONIDE; DIATRIZOATE; IOHEXOL; PREDNISOLONE; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864101656     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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