Comparison of polyp size and volume at CT colonography: Implications for follow-up CT colonography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1561-1567

  Bethea, Emily ^a   Nwawka, Ogonna K ^b   Dachman, Abraham H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; CT; CT colonography; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRONE POSITION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 73449103924     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2618     Document Type: Article

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