Transabdominal Ultrasound for Bowel Evaluation

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-148

  Rodgers, Peter M ^a   Verma, Ratan ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Bowel; Crohn's disease; Diverticulitis; Sonography; Strategy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; ENTEROPATHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; INTESTINE EXAMINATION; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; PATHOGENESIS; PERISTALSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIVERTICULITIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84870012879     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2012.09.008     Document Type: Review

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