Contrast-enhanced computed tomographic colonography in the follow-up of colorectal cancer patients: A feasibility study

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 883-889

  Laghi, Andrea ^a   Iannaccone, Riccardo ^a   Bria, Emilio ^b   Carbone, Iacopo ^a   Trasatti, Luciana ^a   Piacentini, Francesca ^a   Lauro, Salvatore ^b   Vecchione, Aldo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Department of Medical Oncology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colonic neoplasm; Colorectal cancer follow up; CT; CT colonography

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON DISEASE; COLON POLYP; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038757577     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1696-4     Document Type: Article

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