CT colonography: Results and limitations

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 400-408

  Halligan, Steve ^a   Taylor, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon disease, CT; Colon, CT; CT colonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; COLON DISEASES; CT COLONOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COLON DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOMA; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847073025     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.07.030     Document Type: Article

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