Structure-analysis method for electronic cleansing in cathartic and noncathartic CT colonography

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3259-3277

  Cai, Wenli ^a   Zalis, Michael E ^a   Näppi, Janne ^a   Harris, Gordon J ^a   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT colonography; Electronic cleansing; Fecal tagging; Noncathartic preparation; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; TISSUE;

CT COLONOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC CLEANSING; FECAL TAGGING; NON CATHARTICS; VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

BARIUM; BISACODYL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIATRIZOATE; IODINE; LAXATIVE; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLON LAVAGE; COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FISTULA; HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE;

EID: 46149120135     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2936413     Document Type: Article

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