Multislice CT colonography: Current status and limitations

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-134

  Ji, Hoon ^a   Rolnick, Joshua A ^a   Haker, Steven ^a   Barish, Matthew A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic neoplasms; CT colonography; Multislice spiral CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

COLONOGRAPHY;

RADIOLOGY;

AERATION; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 0043171009     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(03)00169-4     Document Type: Article

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