Gastroenterology
Volume 133, Issue 3 , Pages 1005-1024, September 2007

Standards for Gastroenterologists for Performing and Interpreting Diagnostic Computed Tomographic Colonography

  • Don C. Rockey

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Dallas, Texas
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  • Matthew Barish

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Joel V. Brill

      Affiliations

    • Predictive Health, LLC, Phoenix, Arizona
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  • Brooks D. Cash

      Affiliations

    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Joel G. Fletcher

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic, Department of Radiology, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Prateek Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Kansas School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri
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  • Sachin Wani

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Kansas School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri
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  • Maurits J. Wiersema

      Affiliations

    • Indiana Medical Associates, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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  • Laura E. Peterson

      Affiliations

    • Independent Health Care Consultant, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Jennifer Conte

      Affiliations

    • AGA Institute, Bethesda, Maryland

published online 07 August 2007.

Abbreviations used in this paper: ACBE, air contrast barium enema, CRC, colorectal cancer, CT, computed tomography

No abstract is available. To read the body of this article, please view the Full Text online.

 

 Address requests for reprints to: Chair, Clinical Practice and Quality Management Committee. AGA Institute National Office, c/o Membership Department, 4930 Del Ray Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Fax: (301) 654-5920.Disclosures: The authors have no disclosures to report concerning this work.The literature review and the recommendations therein were prepared for the AGA Institute Clinical Practice and Economics Committee by the AGA Institute CT Colonography Task Force. The paper was approved by the Committee on March 19, 2007, and by the AGA Institute Governing Board on May 19, 2007.

PII: S0016-5085(07)01114-6

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2007.06.001

Gastroenterology
Volume 133, Issue 3 , Pages 1005-1024, September 2007