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A comparison of virtual and conventional colonoscopy for the detection of colorectal polyps

Fenlon et al., 1999

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16020110745498362291
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Fenlon H
Nunes D
Schroy P
Barish M
Clarke P
Ferrucci J
Publication year
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New England Journal of Medicine

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Background Virtual colonoscopy is a new method of imaging the colon in which thin-section, helical computed tomography (CT) is used to generate high-resolution, two-dimensional axial images. Three-dimensional images of the colon simulating those obtained with …
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