Gastroenterology
Volume 130, Issue 6 , Pages 1582-1587 , May 2006

Surface Visualization at 3D Endoluminal CT Colonography: Degree of Coverage and Implications for Polyp Detection

  • Perry J. Pickhardt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Perry J. Pickhardt, MD, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, E3/311 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53792-3252. fax: (608) 263-0140
    • ,
  • Andrew J. Taylor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    • ,
  • Deepak V. Gopal

      Affiliations

    • Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Received 5 September 2005 ,Accepted 11 January 2006.

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PII: S0016-5085(06)00068-0

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.01.044

Gastroenterology
Volume 130, Issue 6 , Pages 1582-1587 , May 2006

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