Incidental lesions found on CT colonography: Their nature and frequency

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 925, 2005, Pages 22-29

  Xiong, T ^a   Richardson, M ^a   Woodroffe, R ^a   Halligan, S ^b   Morton, D ^a   Lilford, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COLON CANCER; COLON DISEASE; COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 14044275558     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/67998962     Document Type: Article

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