Flat colorectal lesions in asymptomatic adults: Implications for screening with CT virtual colonoscopy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1343-1347

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a,b,c   Nugent, Pamela A ^b   Choi, J Richard ^b,c   Schindler, William R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADENOMA; BIOPSY; COLON; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; COLON; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 16544363750     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.5.1831343     Document Type: Article

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