Visualization and hypervascularization of the haemorrhoidal plexus in vivo using power Doppler imaging transanal ultrasonography and three-dimensional power Doppler angiography

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Miyamoto, H ^a,b   Asanoma, M ^a,b   Takasu, C ^b   Masamune, K ^c   Shimada, M ^b  

^a Department of Surgery and Proctologic Surgery   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c Anan Kyoei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Haemorrhoidal artery; Internal haemorrhoid; Power Doppler imaging; Three dimensional power Doppler angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LITHOTOMY POSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; POWER DOPPLER IMAGING TRANSANAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL POWER DOPPLER ANGIOGRAPHY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULARIZATION;

HAEMORRHOIDAL ARTERY; INTERNAL HAEMORRHOID; POWER DOPPLER IMAGING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL POWER DOPPLER ANGIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ARTERIES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; RECTUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887172265     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12406     Document Type: Article

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