Flat (Nonpolypoid) Colorectal Lesions Identified at CT Colonography in a U.S. Screening Population

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 784-790

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a   Kim, David H ^a   Robbins, Jessica B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CT colonography; flat polyps; screening; virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WISCONSIN;

EID: 77951880907     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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