Multislice CT colonography: Current status and limitations

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1049-1062

  Barish, Matthew A ^a   Rocha, Tatiana C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLUCAGON; IODINE; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; COLLAPSE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTESTINE POLYP; IRRITABLE COLON; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 27144477985     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2005.07.008     Document Type: Review

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