CT colonography: Methods, pathology and pitfalls

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-190

  Taylor, S A ^a   Halligan, S ^a   Bartram, C I ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon; Computed topography; CT; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ENEMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE PREPARATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0037338916     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(02)00508-1     Document Type: Review

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