CT colonography: An overview

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 232-234

  Johnson, C D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLON; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTESTINE WALL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036557954     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-001-0163-z     Document Type: Review

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