Feasibility of ultra-low-dose multislice CT colonography for the detection of colorectal lesions: Preliminary experience

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1297-1302

  Iannaccone, Riccardo ^a   Laghi, Andrea ^a   Catalano, Carlo ^a   Mangiapane, Filippo ^a   Piacentini, Francesca ^a   Passariello, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Colon; Colonography; Computed tomography; Multislice CT; Polyps; Radiation dose reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DILATATION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; SUPINE POSITION; THICKNESS;

EID: 0038756656     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1704-8     Document Type: Article

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