The role of mdct in the evaluation of colorectal disorders

Multidetector CT (MDCT) instruments made possible to develop new diagnostic tools, such as virtual colonoscopy for the evaluation of colorectal disorders. Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic value of virtual colonoscopy in different colorectal disorders and to establish whether the introduction of this new radiologic method had a significant impact on the diagnostic workup of these diseases. Patients, methods: Seven hundred and forty-five double contrast colonografies and 396 virtual colonoscopies were performed between 2005 and 2007. The virtual colonoscopies were performed by GE Lightspeed 16 slice CT intrumen…