Special hospital
How to prepare for examination: • The patient should be on light fluid diet (clear soups, clear juices, teas, crackers, margarine, and jam without seeds) two days before the examination. Vegetables, cereals, milk or cooking oil is not allowed. • In the evening before the examination day, the patient takes laxatives (Fortelax, Fortrans…) for complete cleaning of the colon. • Take your complete documentation. • The every-day therapy should not be stopped. • Women should report a possible pregnancy.
„Filip Vtori“ CT COLONOGRAPHY – VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY
CT colonography, i.e. 3D virtual colonoscopy is the newest method for noninvasive examination of the colon by using X-rays. It is a computer generating postprocessing technique for obtaining endoluminal images of the inside of the colon with excellent quality, and it represents a true simulation and substitute for optical colonoscopy.
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