CT Colonography. Pitfalls in Interpretation

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-88

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a   Kim, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CT colonography; Pitfalls; Polyps; Technique; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; DIATRIZOATE;

APPENDIX; ARTIFACT; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES; HUMAN; ILEOCECAL VALVE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE FLUID; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECTOSCOPY; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84870031969     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2012.09.005     Document Type: Review

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