Gastroenterologists' interpretation of CTC: A pilot study demonstrating feasibility and similar accuracy compared with radiologists' interpretation

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2926-2931

  Young, Patrick E ^a   Ray, Quentin P ^a   Hwang, Inku ^a   Kikendall, James W ^a   Gentry, Andrew B ^a   Skopic, Amer ^a   Cash, Brooks D ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 72949095343     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.452     Document Type: Article

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