Colonoscopy aided by magnetic 3D imaging: Is the technique sufficiently sensitive to detect differences between men and women?

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 673-679

  Rowland, R S ^a   Bell, G D ^b   Dogramadzi, S ^c   Allen, C ^c  

^a RMR Systems Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D computerised magnetic imaging; Colonoscopy; Male female differences in colonic length; Stiffening overtube

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTERIZED MAGNETIC IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPSY DEVICE; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; MAGNETISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOID; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SPLEEN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVERSE COLON;

EID: 0033372550     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02513366     Document Type: Article

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