Computed tomographic (CT) colonography is used to examine the colon and rectum to detect abnormalities such as polyps and cancer. Polyps may be adenomatous (which have the potential to become ...

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in most developed countries. Screening for colorectal malignancies and polyps (which frequently become cancerous) has been shown to lower ...

May 15, 2007 — Computed tomography (CT) colonography, also known as a virtual colonoscopy (VC), has been found to have a high concordance with optical colonoscopy in identifying significant polyps.

CTC (virtual colonoscopy) is a thin slice CT scan of the abdomen after adequate bowel preparation and colon insufflation in which data are reconstructed providing axial, multiplanar, and endoluminal ...

Initial CTC screening performed as well as universal colonoscopy in the detection of advanced neoplasia — and minimized the risk for perforation. In earlier studies, the accuracy of computed ...

CT scans can detect about 90% of the medium and large lesions and cancers detected by colonoscopy, a study in this week's New England Journal of Medicine found. The finding suggests that people who ...

According to the report, the Maryland-based research team, led by Patrick Young, MD, had three board-certified gastroenterologists and four GI fellows interpret an average of 45 CT colonoscopy images.

Although medical literature has shown computerized tomographic colonography and optical colonoscopy are both effective at detecting advanced adenomas, recent research indicates optical colonoscopy ...

CT colonography (CTC) screening, in which diminutive polyps detected are not reported or removed, has been suggested as a selective filter for therapeutic optical colonoscopy (OC) in the detection of ...