Conventional colonoscopy: Technique, indications, limits

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-414

  Häfner, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

CCDs; Colonoscopy; CRC

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

CAECUM; COLONOGRAFY; COLONOSCOPY; VIRTUAL HISTOPATHOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTERITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33847031263     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.07.034     Document Type: Article

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