CT colonography with three-dimensional problem solving for detection of colonic polyps

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 989-995

  Dachman, Abraham H ^a   Kuniyoshi, Jeremy K ^a   Boyle, Catherine M ^a   Samara, Yaseen ^a   Hoffmann, Kenneth R ^a   Rubin, David T ^a   Hanan, Ira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031658721     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.171.4.9762982     Document Type: Article

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