CT Colonography: Visualization Methods, Interpretation, and Pitfalls

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 347-359

  Dachman, Abraham H ^a   Lefere, Philippe ^b   Gryspeerdt, Stefaan ^b   Morin, Martina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Stedelijk Ziekenhuis Roeselare   (Belgium)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISSECTION; FECES; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34248351116     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2007.03.007     Document Type: Review

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