Computed Tomographic Virtual Colonoscopy to Screen for Colorectal Neoplasia in Asymptomatic Adults

J. Pickhardt, Perry; Richard Choi, J.; Hwang, Inku; A. Butler, James; L. Puckett, Michael; A. Hildebrandt, Hans; K.H. Wong, Roy; A. Nugent, Pamela; A. Mysliwiec, Pauline; R. Schindler, William

doi:10.1056/nejmoa031618

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Computed Tomographic Virtual Colonoscopy to Screen for Colorectal Neoplasia in Asymptomatic Adults

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Dec 3, 2003

Authors:

Perry J. Pickhardt

J. Richard Choi

Inku Hwang

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the performance characteristics of computed tomographic (CT) virtual colonoscopy for the detection of colorectal neoplasia in an average-risk screening population. METHODS: A total of 1233 asymptomatic adults (mean age, 57.8 years) underwent same-day virtual and optical colo...

Subject

Colonoscopy

Virtual colonoscopy

Medicine

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