CT colonography: Ready for prime time

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2128-2132

  Cash, Brooks D ^a,b  

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

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COLON DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957855180     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.188     Document Type: Review

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