Recent developments in CT colonography

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Nicholson, F B ^a   Taylor, S ^a   Halligan, S ^a   Kamm, M A ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Colonography; Computed tomographic; Computer assisted; Diagnosis; Review

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; LAXATIVE;

CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON LAVAGE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LARGE INTESTINE DISEASE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STAFF TRAINING; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 12144252889     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.07.010     Document Type: Review

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