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Digital Subtraction Dark-Lumen MR Colonography For Lesion Detection – Initial Experience

Journal Title, Volume, Page: 
Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 11 (2004)
Year of Publication: 
2004
Authors: 
C. U. Herborn
Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
W. M. Ajaj
University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
Current Affiliation: 
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
T. C. Lauenstein
University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
S. Massing
University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
S. G. Ruehm
University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
Preferred Abstract (Original): 

Dark-lumen MR colonography combining a water enema with intravenous contrast administration is a rapidly evolving, minimally invasive method of evaluating the entire colon (1-2). Results of several preliminary series indicate that this technique has a high sensitivity for detection of colorectal cancer and significant polyp lesions as well as inflammatory disease of the bowel (3). Since bowel movements are depressed during the examination a digital subtraction technique comparable to vascular studies might be applicable and facilitate detection of regions with increased contrast uptake

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