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[CT-Sellink--a new method of evaluating the intestinal wall]
J Thiele1, R Klöppel, H G Schulz
1Klinik für Radiologie der Universität Leipzig.
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|September 1, 1993
Abstract:
34 patients were examined by CT following a modified enema (CT-Sellink) in order to demonstrate the gut. By introducing a "gut index" it is possible to define the tone of the gut providing its folds remain constant. By means of a radial density profile the gut wall can be defined objectively and in numerical terms. Gut wall thickness in the small bowel averaged 1.2 mm with a density of 51 Hu and gut wall thickness in the colon averaged 2 mm with a density of 59 Hu.