Diagnostic value of CT-colonography as compared to colonoscopy in an asymptomatic screening population: A meta-analysis

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1747-1763

  De Haan, Margriet C ^a,c   Van Gelder, Rogier E ^a   Graser, Anno ^b   Bipat, Shandra ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; CT colonography; Screening; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE PREPARATION; POLYP; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052657056     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2104-8     Document Type: Article

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