Flat polyps of the colon: Detection with 16-MDCT colonography - Preliminary results

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1611-1617

  Seong, Ho Park ^a   Ha, Hyun Kwon ^a   Ah, Young Kim ^a   Kyoung, Won Kim ^a   Lee, Moon Gyu ^a   Pyo, Nyun Kim ^a   Yong, Moon Shin ^a   Byeon, Jeong Sik ^a   Yang, Suk Kyun ^a   Jin, Ho Kim ^a   Young, Il Min ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colon; Colonography; Colonoscopy; CT

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; IOPROMIDE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745484473     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1889     Document Type: Article

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