CT colonography predictably overestimates colonic length and distance to polyps compared with optical colonoscopy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1291-1295

  Duncan, James E ^a   McNally, Michael P ^a   Sweeney, W Brian ^b   Gentry, Andrew B ^a   Barlow, Duncan S ^a   Jensen, Donald W ^a   Cash, Brooks D ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; CT colonography; Optical colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS; ARTICLE; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYP; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; COLON; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70449503672     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2365     Document Type: Article

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