CT colonography in cancer detection: Methods and results

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages S33-S41

  Schima, Wolfgang ^a   Mang, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; CT colonoscopy; Polyp; Screening; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549169604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2004.0014     Document Type: Article

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