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Normal Anatomy

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To report CT colonography (CTC) studies, radiologists must have a working knowledge of normal colorectal anatomy and be comfortable evaluating the colon in “soft copy” format in the axial plane as well as in multiplanar and endoluminal reconstructions. This chapter focuses on normal colorectal anatomy and normal variants as seen on CTC.

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  1. Head of CT Colonography Unit, Department of Radiological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Franco Iafrate

  2. Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza Università di Roma, Polo Pontino, Latina, Italy

    Andrea Laghi

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  1. Dept. Radiology, MC 2026, University of Chicago, S. Maryland Ave. 5841, Chicago, 60637, Illinois, USA

    Abraham H. Dachman

  2. , Radiological, Oncological, and Pathologi, Sapienza , Università di Roma, Polo Pontino, Latina, Italy

    Andrea Laghi

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Iafrate, F., Laghi, A. (2011). Normal Anatomy. In: Dachman, A., Laghi, A. (eds) Atlas of Virtual Colonoscopy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5852-5_13

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