CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) for primary colorectal screening: challenges facing clinical implementation

PJ Pickhardt - Abdominal imaging, 2004 - Springer
Computed tomographic colonography (CTC), also referred to as virtual colonoscopy, is a
minimally invasive test for the detection of colorectal polyps. Although its initial performance …

CT colonography for population screening: ready for prime time?

PJ Pickhardt - Digestive diseases and sciences, 2015 - Springer
Since its introduction 20 years ago, CT colonography (CTC), also referred to as virtual
colonoscopy, has evolved from an experimental research tool with relatively limited clinical …

CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy): a practical approach for population screening

PJ Pickhardt, DH Kim - Radiologic Clinics of North America, 2007 - Elsevier
CT colonography (CTC), also known as virtual colonoscopy, is a minimally invasive test for
the detection of colorectal polyps and masses. At the authors' institution, asymptomatic …

Virtual colonoscopy in the detection of colonic polyps and neoplasms

A O'Hare, H Fenlon - Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2006 - Elsevier
First introduced in 1994, CT colonography (Virtual colonoscopy) has emerged as an
accurate, non-invasive test that will likely play a future role in colorectal cancer screening …

Screening by CT colonography: too early to pass judgment on a nascent technology

DA Ahlquist, CD Johnson - Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 1999 - giejournal.org
Most would agree that better screening tools for colorectal neoplasia are needed in terms of
performance characteristics, acceptance by patients, credibility among physicians, and …

[PDF][PDF] Computed tomography colonography and colon cancer screening

AH Dachman, S Glick, H Yoshida - Seminars in Roentgenology, 2003 - academia.edu
C OMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) colonog-raphy, popularly known as virtual colonoscopy,
is an exciting new technique to evaluate the colon for polyps and masses. It generally refers …

CT colonography for colorectal cancer screening

Z Ricci, M Kobi, J Yee - Journal of Radiology Nursing, 2020 - Elsevier
CT colonography (CTC), also known as “virtual colonoscopy,” is a minimally invasive
complementary screening method to optical colonoscopy (OC) that is growing in its …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening: current status: Wednesday 5 October 2005, 14: 00–16: 00

JP Heiken, CM Peterson, CO Menias - Cancer Imaging, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Computed tomography colonography (CTC)(also known as 'virtual colonoscopy') is a
noninvasive method of imaging the colon using helical CT. Although CTC has been shown …

CT colonography: the real deal

M Macari - Abdominal imaging, 2005 - Springer
Virtual colonoscopy or computed tomographic (CT) colonography (CTC) uses thin-section
CT, preferably obtained on a mutlislice CT scanner, and computer workstations to generate …

The role of virtual colonoscopy in colorectal screening

JD Patel, KJ Chang - Clinical imaging, 2016 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.
The earlier colorectal cancer is detected, the better chance a person has of surviving 5 years …