Strengths and weaknesses of dark‐lumen MR colonography: Clinical relevance of polyps smaller than 5 mm in diameter at the moment of their detection

To assess the clinical relevance of dark‐lumen MR colonography (MRC) for the detection of colorectal lesions using conventional colonoscopy (CC) and histopathologic examinations as reference standard.

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