Spiral CT pneumocolon: Applications, status and limitations

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1612-1625

  Harvey, C J ^a   Renfrew, I ^a   Taylor, S ^a   Gillams, A R ^a   Lees, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; CT pneumocolon; Polyp

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLON; COLON ADENOMA; COLON DISEASE; COLON POLYP; COLON STENOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SAFETY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AIR; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034850124     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300100890     Document Type: Article

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