Virtual colonoscopy

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7219, 1999, Pages 1249-1252

  Halligan, Steve ^a   Fenlon, Helen M ^b  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FORECASTING; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033530406     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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