Impact of computer aided detection on the cost-effectiveness of CT colongraphy

Radiology

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 488-497

  Regge, Daniele ^a   Hassan, Cesare ^b   Pickhardt, Perry J ^c,d   Laghi, Andrea ^e   Zullo, Angelo ^b   Kim, David H ^c   Lafrate, Franco ^e   Morini, Sergio ^b  

^a CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61749091236     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2502080685     Document Type: Article

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