INTESTINE Vol.8 No.6(4-1)

Theme Strategy of colon cancer screening
Title CT colonography with multi-detector CT : Feasibility for screening of early colorectal cancers
Publish Date 2004/11
Author Hiroyuki Yoshida Department of Radiology, The University of Chicago
[ Summary ] CT colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, is an emerging and promising technique for diagnosis of colonic lesions in CT images. This article reports the current feasibility of CT colonography, performed by use of multi-detector CT, in screening of early colon cancer, especially the detection of adenomas polyps.
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