The role of computed tomography in screening for cancer

European Radiology, Supplement

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Brant Zawadzki, Michael N ^a  

^a HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30744454596     PISSN: 16133749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10406-005-0115-8     Document Type: Article

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