The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic utility of contrast-enhanced CT colonography for postoperative surveillance in patients who had curative colon cancer resection and remain without ...

Reston, Va.—A study published in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET)—a molecular imaging technique—combined with computer tomography (CT) ...

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 ...

The goal of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies that assessed the sensitivity of CT colonography (CTC) and standard optical colonoscopy (OC) for ...

The results of a new study found that CT colonography is a safe, viable option for Medicare-aged patients, according to a news release. The study appears in the July 2012 American Journal of ...

Images of positive CT colonography (CTC) screening examination result in an asymptomatic 67-year-old man. Three-dimensional colon map from CTC (left image) shows the location of two sigmoid polyps ...

Researchers assessed 1,700 optical colonoscopy examinations and 1,307 CT colonography examinations and found 23.2 percent of patients in the optical colonoscopy group had at least one adenoma removed, ...

Computed tomography (CT) colonography is a more cost-effective and more clinically effective method for colorectal cancer screening, compared to stool DNA testing (mt-sDNA), new research published in ...