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Available
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Publication
Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN
9780781757706
Description
This text is a complete and practical guide to performing virtual colonoscopy examinations and interpreting the results. The book provides precise instructions on how to prepare the patient and specific protocols for the various CT scanners currently in use. Detailed chapters on interpretation demonstrate normal anatomy, anatomic variants, CT appearances of polyps and cancer, and pitfalls of interpretation on two-dimensional and three-dimensional views. Additional chapters cover extracolonic findings, reporting, and fecal and fluid tagging. More than 700 illustrations show examination techniques and normal and pathologic findings. Acompanion Websitewill offer teaching cases to further refine the reader's interpretive skills.
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CONTENTS:
Colorectal cancer screening
Examination prerequisites
Optimizing computed tomography technique
Interpretation: normal anatomy
Interpretation: polyps and cancer / Gregory M. Galdino and Judy Yee
Pitfalls / Gregory M. Galdino and Judy Yee
Accuracy
Extracolonic findings / Gregory M. Galdino and Judy Yee
Reporting
Fecal and fluid tagging
Computer-aided detection.
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=booktext&a...
CONTENTS:
Colorectal cancer screening
Examination prerequisites
Optimizing computed tomography technique
Interpretation: normal anatomy
Interpretation: polyps and cancer / Gregory M. Galdino and Judy Yee
Pitfalls / Gregory M. Galdino and Judy Yee
Accuracy
Extracolonic findings / Gregory M. Galdino and Judy Yee
Reporting
Fecal and fluid tagging
Computer-aided detection.