Standards for Gastroenterologists for Performing and Interpreting Diagnostic Computed Tomographic Colonography

Gastroenterology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1005-1024

  Rockey, Don C ^a   Barish, Matthew ^b   Brill, Joel V ^c   Cash, Brooks D ^d   Fletcher, Joel G ^e   Sharma, Prateek ^f   Wani, Sachin ^f   Wiersema, Maurits J ^g   Peterson, Laura E ^h   Conte, Jennifer ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Predictive Health LLC   (United States)

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

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Indiana Medical Associates   (United States)

^h AGA Institute ^*

ⁱ AGA Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 34548499528     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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