Computed tomographic and magnetic resonance colonography: Summary of progress from 1995 to 2000

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 147-167

  Summers, Ronald M ^a,b,c,d   Hara, Amy K ^a,b,c,d   Luboldt, Wolfgang ^a,b,c,d   Johnson, C Daniel ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^d Department of Radiology Mayo Clinic ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ENTERITIS; EUROPE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0035194435     PISSN: 03630188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0363-0188(01)90013-1     Document Type: Article

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