Colon distension and scan protocol for CT-colonography: An overview

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1144-1158

  Boellaard, Thierry N ^a   De Haan, Margriet C ^a   Venema, Henk W ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; CT colonography; Distention; Polyps; Radiation; Scan parameters

Indexed keywords

BUSCAPINA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLUCAGON; RECOMBINANT GLUCAGON; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AERATION; BODY POSTURE; COLON DILATATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMAGE QUALITY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SUPINE POSITION; TACHYCARDIA; THICKNESS; VOMITING; COLON; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DRUG EFFECTS; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

BUTYLSCOPOLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLON; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PNEUMORADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84879497952     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.10.030     Document Type: Review

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