Advanced diagnostic tools: Virtual colonoscopy

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Melani, E F ^a  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colonic polyps; CT colonography; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLUCAGON; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLEANING; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM POLYP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13444291428     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-004-0176-z     Document Type: Article

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