Screening CT colonography in an asymptomatic average-risk Asian population: A 2-year experience in a single institution

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  An, Sangbu ^a   Lee, Kyoung Ho ^a   Young, Hoon Kim ^a   Seong, Ho Park ^b   Hyun, Young Kim ^a   Se, Hyung Kim ^c   Kim, Nayoung ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asian; CT colonography; Screening

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; COLCLEAN; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COLON POLYP; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51349126215     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3367     Document Type: Article

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