Consensus on current clinical practice of virtual colonoscopy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 786-792

  Barish, Matthew A ^a   Soto, Jorge A ^b   Ferrucci, Joseph T ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE DERIVATIVE; LAXATIVE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SUPINE POSITION; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 16244416180     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.3.01840786     Document Type: Review

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