CT Colonography: Practical Aspects and Present Status

Imaging Decisions MRI

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 4-9

  Van Gelder, R E ^a   Florie, J ^a   Stoker, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colon; CT; Neoplasm; Screening

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON DILATATION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0242556667     PISSN: 14333317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1617-0830.2003.70302.x     Document Type: Article

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