Role of CT colonography in symptomatic assessment, surveillance and screening

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 959-966

  Almond, L Maximilian ^a   Bowley, Douglas M ^a   Karandikar, Sharad S ^a   Roy Choudhury, Shuvro H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barium enema; Colorectal cancer; CT colonography; Screening; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

AERATION; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; COLON ADENOMA; COLON PERFORATION; COLON POLYP; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRONE POSITION; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 80051579582     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-011-1178-8     Document Type: Review

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