CT and MR colography (Virtual colonoscopy): Status report

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-203

  Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Colorectal polyps; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance image; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

COLON POLYP; COLON RADIOGRAPHY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0031765238     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199810000-00004     Document Type: Review

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