Colorectal polyp detection with virtual colonoscopy (computed tomographic colonography); the reliability of the method

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 43, 2002, Pages 124-127

  Xynopoulos, D ^a   Stasinopoulou, M ^a   Dimitroulopoulos, D ^a   Tsamakides, K ^a   Arhavlis, E ^a   Kontou, M ^a   Tavernaraki, A ^a   Paraskevas, E ^a  

^a NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colorectal polyps; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036221815     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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