Cancer and diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon. Differentiation with computed tomography versus magnetic resonance imaging: Preliminary experiences

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-241

  Öistämö, Emma ^a   Hjern, Fredrik ^a   Blomqvist, Lennart ^b   Von Heijne, Anders ^a   Abraham Nordling, Mirna ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Computed tomography; Diffusion weighted MRI; Diverticular disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; T2 weighted MRI

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CLINICAL SITUATIONS; COLON CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST-ENHANCED CT; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T2-WEIGHTED MRIS;

DIAGNOSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COLON DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOID DISEASES; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877930716     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2012.120543     Document Type: Article

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