Open AccessLaterally spreading tumors: Limitations of computed tomography colonography
Author(s) -
Kazutomo Togashi,
Kenichi Utano,
Shigeyoshi Kijima,
Sato Yosuke,
Hisanaga Horie,
Keijirou Sunada,
Alan Kawarai Lefor,
Hideharu Sugimoto,
Yoshikazu Yasuda
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17552
Subject(s) - medicine , colonoscopy , supine position , radiology , computed tomography , prospective cohort study , virtual colonoscopy , nuclear medicine , colorectal cancer , cancer
To prospectively investigate the detection rate of laterally spreading tumors (LSTs) of the colorectum by computed tomography (CT) colonography (CTC).