Rectal endosonography: Just how good are we at its interpretation?

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-90

  Mor, Isabella ^a   Hull, Tracy ^a   Hammel, Jeffrey ^a   Zutshi, Massarat ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endorectal ultrasound; Interpretation; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RECTAL ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; RECTUM CANCER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 72349089858     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-009-0816-x     Document Type: Article

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