CT enterography: State-of-the-art CT technique for small bowel imaging

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 152-162

  Ghonge, Nitin P ^a   Aggarwal, Bharat ^a   Gothi, Rajesh ^a  

^a Diwan Chand Satyapal Aggarwal Imaging Research Centre New Delhi   (India)

Author keywords

Enteric contrast; MDCT

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; ELECTROLYTE; IODIXANOL; IOHEXOL; MACROGOL; METHYLCELLULOSE; SORBITOL; SUGAR ALCOHOL; WATER;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELIAC DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ENTEROCLYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ENTEROGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ENTEROGRAPHY; MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEUM ADHESION; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROPATHY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84878321496     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 09750711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-013-0307-4     Document Type: Review

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