Computed tomography colonography ("virtual colonoscopy") in Israel: Results of the National CT Colonography Survey of the Israeli Association of Abdominal Imaging and the Israeli Radiological Association

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 707-712

  Blachar, Arye ^a,b   Levy, Gadi ^a   Graif, Moshe ^a,b   Sosna, Jacob ^c,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Colon; Colonoscopy; Computed tomographic colonography; Polyps; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 58149171979     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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