Detection of colorectal lesions with virtual computed tomographic colonography

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 124-131

  Laghi, Andrea ^a,b   Iannaccone, Riccardo ^a   Carbone, Iacopo ^a   Catalano, Carlo ^a   Di Giulio, Emilio ^c   Schillaci, Alberto ^c   Passariello, Roberto ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colon; Colon polyps; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Virtual computed tomographic colonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036128397     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00857-1     Document Type: Article

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