CT colonoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease

Virtual colonoscopy is used worldwide for the detection of colon polyps, but this technique has not been used much for the evaluation of inflammatory bowel diseases. The advent of multidetector-computed tomography and the use of high quality 3D and virtual images opened up the opportunity to assess...

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Published in:Abdominal imaging 2007-09, Vol.32 (5), p.596-601
Main Authors: CARRASCOSA, Patricia, CASTIGLIONI, Roberto, CAPUNAY, Carlos, MARTIN LOPEZ, Elba, CARRASCOSA, Jorge
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Colonic Diseases - diagnosis
Colonic Neoplasms - diagnosis
Colonic Neoplasms - pathology
Colonography, Computed Tomographic - instrumentation
Colonography, Computed Tomographic - methods
Colonoscopy - methods
Digestive system
Digestive system. Abdomen
Endoscopy
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Inflammation
Inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - diagnosis
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - pathology
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Other diseases. Semiology
Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry
Software
Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus
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Summary:Virtual colonoscopy is used worldwide for the detection of colon polyps, but this technique has not been used much for the evaluation of inflammatory bowel diseases. The advent of multidetector-computed tomography and the use of high quality 3D and virtual images opened up the opportunity to assess these patients with this non-invasive technique. Early and late colonic changes are illustrated.
ISSN:0942-8925
2366-004X
1432-0509
2366-0058
DOI:10.1007/s00261-007-9242-0