Minimal preparation CT for the diagnosis of suspected colorectal cancer in the frail and elderly patient

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-139

  Koo, B C ^a   Ng, C S ^b   U King Im, J ^a   Prevost, A T ^c   Freeman, A H ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON LAVAGE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MINIMAL PREPARATION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31344456734     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.07.011     Document Type: Review

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