| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 307 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Virtual colonoscopy: from concept to implementation -- Global implementation of computed tomography colonography -- Epidemiology and screening of colorectal cancer -- Implementation and clinical trials in the United States -- Clinical trials in Europe -- Patient preparation and tagging -- Scheduling, performing, and reporting computed tomographic colonography -- Computed tomographic colonography: image display methods -- Nonpolypoid colorectal neoplasia -- Magnetic resonance colonography -- Extracolonic findings -- Computer-aided diagnosis in computed tomography colonography -- Normal anatomy -- Sessile polyps -- Pedunculated polyps -- Diminutive polyps -- Flat lesions -- Stool, diverticulosis -- Masses -- Pitfalls and miscellaneous |
| Summary |
"Atlas of Virtual Colonoscopy" thoroughly revises and updates Abraham Dachman's bestselling first edition. Joined in this edition by co-editor Andrea Laghi, Dr. Dachman has expanded the focus of the text to cover fundamental topics of this rapidly evolving technology, including the history of virtual colonoscopy, a review of clinical trial data from throughout the world, and a presentation of clinical background information. Also included are chapters covering patient preparation and tagging, performing and reporting virtual colonoscopy, viewing methods, MR colonography, and computer |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Colonoscopy -- Atlases
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Colonoscopy -- methods
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MEDICAL -- Gastroenterology.
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Médecine.
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Colonoscopy
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| Genre/Form |
atlases.
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Scientific atlases
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Atlases
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Atlases.
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Atlas.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Dachman, Abraham H.
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Laghi, Andrea.
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| ISBN |
9781441958525 |
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1441958525 |
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9781441958518 |
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1441958517 |
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