Con: CT colonographynot yet ready for community-wide implementation

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2132-2137

  Schoen, Robert E ^a   Hashash, Jana G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; HUMANS;

EID: 77957840173     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.190     Document Type: Review

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