CT colonography ('virtual colonoscopy'): Is it ready for colorectal cancer screening?

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-148

  Heiken, Jay P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 79952320578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2003.0021     Document Type: Editorial

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