Virtual colonscopy for primary screening: The future is now

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-150

  Pickhardt, P J ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

Colon diseases; Computer tomography; Rectum diseases; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECTUM DISEASE; REVIEW; SCREENING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FORECASTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FORECASTING; HUMANS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33646364860     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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