Computed tomographic colonography: Clinical value

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 541-551

  Lefere, Philippe ^a   Dachman, Abraham H ^b   Gryspeerdt, Stefaan ^a  

^a Stedelijk Ziekenhuis Roeselare   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal Cancer; CT Colonography; Polyp; Screening; Virtual Colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HAND; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TRAINING;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COLON; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYPS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348919443     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-007-9243-z     Document Type: Review

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