MR colonography: current status |
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Authors: | Thomas C. Lauenstein |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Radiology, The Emory Clinic, 1365 Clifton Road, Building A, Suite AT-627, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA |
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Abstract: | Magnetic resonance colonography (MRC) has gained access into clinical routine as a means for the assessment of the large bowel. There are widely accepted indications for MRC, especially in patients with incomplete conventional colonoscopy. Furthermore, virtual MRC is more and more propagated as a screening tool, with advantages especially inherent to the non-invasive character of this procedure and the lack of ionizing radiation exposition. Beyond a sufficiently high diagnostic accuracy, outstanding patient acceptance is a major advantage of MRC as a diagnostic modality. This review article describes indications, techniques and clinical outcome of current MRC approaches. Furthermore, the impact of fecal tagging concepts is discussed. |
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Keywords: | MR colonography Colorectal cancer screening Inflammatory bowel disease Patient acceptance |
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