Current status on performance of CT colonography and clinical indications

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1192-1200

  Laghi, Andrea ^a   Rengo, Marco ^a   Graser, Anno ^c   Iafrate, Franco ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colon, nonpolypoid lesions; Colon, polyps; Colorectal cancer; CT colonography; CT colonography, colorectal cancer; CT colonography, diagnostic accuracy; CT colonography, indications; CT colonography, nonpolypoid lesions; CT colonography, polyps; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; IMAGE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; TRENDS;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84879501705     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.05.026     Document Type: Article

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