Pictorial review of colonic polyp and mass distortion and recognition with the CT virtual dissection technique

Radiographics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Christensen, Kevin N ^b   Fidler, Jeff L ^a   Fletcher, Joel G ^a   MacCarty, Robert ^a   Johnson, C Daniel ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLON POLYP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DISSECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COLONIC POLYPS; DISSECTION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77957737897     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.e42     Document Type: Review

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