Virtual colonoscopy: A new screening tool for colorectal cancer?

Journal Belge de Radiologie

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 155-163

  Thomeer, M ^a   Vanbeckevoort, D ^a   Bielen, D ^a   Beenen, L ^a   Gevers, A ^a   Rutgeerts, P ^a   Marchal, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy Colon; Helical Colon; MR; Neoplasms Computed tomography (CT)

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH;

EID: 0034778301     PISSN: 00217646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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