CT colography: Guideline of the gastrointestinal diagnostics team of the German Radiological Society regarding the indication and technical implementation of endoluminal colon diagnostics using computed tomography (known as virtual colonoscopy);CT-kolografie: Leitlinie der arbeitsgemeinschaft gastrointestinale diagnostik der Deutschen röntgengesellschaft zur indikation und technischen durchführung der endoluminalen dickdarmdiagnostik mittels computertomografie (sog. virtuelle koloskopie)

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Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 466-469

  Rogalla, Patrik ^a   Janka, R ^b   Baum, U ^b   Feuerbach, S ^c   Helmberger, H ^d   Rieber Brambs, A ^e   Brambs, H J ^f   Aschoff, A ^f  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d Klinikum Dritter Orden   (Germany)

^e Munich Municipal Hospital   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COLON POLYP; COLON TUMOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTIFACTS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47149085447     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027335     Document Type: Review

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