Incidental Extracolonic Findings on CT Colonography: The Impending Deluge and Its Implications

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-20

  Berland, Lincoln L ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

CT colonography; CT screening; extracolonic findings; incidental findings

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG NODULE; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 57849112260     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.06.018     Document Type: Review

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