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Virtual colonoscopy equals conventional: US Army study

 

Pijl ME, Chaoui AS, Wahl RL, van Oostayen JA

Radiology of colorectal cancer. Eur J Cancer. 2002 May;38(7):887-98

 

Amin S. Chaoui, and Matthew A. Barish.: Virtual Colonoscopy: a new tool for colorectal cancer screening Current Opionion in Gastroenterology 17(1): 78-85, January 2001.


Chaoui AS, Blake MA. CT Colonography and colorectal cancer screening, Gut 2002 Feb;50 (2):284


Chaoui AS, Blake MA, Barish MA, Fenlon HM. Virtual colonoscopy and colorectal cancer screening. Abdom Imaging. 2000 Jul-Aug;25(4):361-7


Yee J, Akerkar GA, Hung RK, Steinauer-Gebauer AM, Wall SD, McQuaid KR.Colorectal neoplasia: performance characteristics of CT colonography for detection in 300 patients.Radiology. 2001 Jun;219(3):685-92.


Joel G. Fletcher, C. Daniel Johnson, Timothy J. Welch, Robert L. MacCarty, David A. Ahlquist, Judd E. Reed, William S. Harmsen, and Lynn A. Wilson Optimization of CT Colonography Technique: Prospective Trial in 180 Patients Radiology 2000 216: 704-711


Fenlon HM, Nunes DP, Schroy PC 3rd, Barish MA, Clarke PD, Ferrucci JT.
A comparison of virtual and conventional colonoscopy for the detection of
colorectal polyps. N Engl J Med. 1999 Nov 11;341(20):1496-503.


Macari M, Milano A, Lavelle M, Berman P, Megibow AJ.
Comparison of time-efficient CT colonography with two- and three-dimensional
colonic evaluation for detecting colorectal polyps.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2000 Jun;174(6):1543


Hara AK, Johnson CD, Reed JE et al. Detection of colorectal polyps by computed tomographic colography: feasibility of a novel technique. Gastroenterology 1996;110:284-290


Hara AK, Johnson CD, Reed JE et al. Detection of colorectal polyps by computed tomographic colography: feasibility of a novel technique. Gastroenterology 1996;110:284-290


Fenlon HM, McAneny DB, Nunes DP, Clarke PD, Ferrucci JT. Occlusive colon carcinoma: virtual colonoscopy in the preoperative evaluation of the proximal colon. Radiology 1999; 210:423-428


Thiis-Evensen E, Hoff GS, Sauar J, Majak BM, Vatn MH.
Flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy as a screening modality for colorectal adenomas in older age groups? Findings in a cohort of the normal population aged 63-72 years. Gut. 1999 Dec;45(6):834-9.


Nicholson FB, Korman MG, Stern AI, Hansky J. Distribution of colorectal adenomas: implications for bowel cancer screening. Med J Aust. 2000 May 1;172(9):428-30


Morrin MM, Kruskal JB, Farrell RJ, Goldberg SN, McGee JB, Raptopoulos V.
Endoluminal CT colonography after an incomplete endoscopic colonoscopy.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999 Apr;172(4):913-8.


Macari M, Berman P, Dicker M, Milano A, Megibow AJ.
Usefulness of CT colonography in patients with incomplete colonoscopy.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999 Sep;173(3):561-4.



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