CT colonography: Coming of age

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1239-1242

  Johnson, C Daniel ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Colorectal cancer screening; CT colonography

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SKILL;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK;

EID: 70449512190     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1859     Document Type: Review

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