Missed lesions at CT colonography: Lessons learned

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-97

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal polyps; CT colonography; Interpretation; Pitfalls; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIATRIZOATE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLON INJURY; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ARTIFACTS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84872676575     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-012-9897-z     Document Type: Article

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