CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy): Technique, indications and performance

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Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-41

  Blachar, Arye ^a,b   Sosna, Jacob ^c,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal polyps; CT colonography; Electronic bowel cleansing

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 35348965751     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108392     Document Type: Review

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