Virtual Colonoscopy A Practical Guide /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lefere, P. (Editor), Gryspeerdt, S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Internal medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Oncology.; Proctology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Internal Medicine.

Virtual colonoscopy, or CT colonography, is a rapidly evolving technique for the detection of tumoral lesions in the colon. It is now accepted by the American Cancer Society as a valuable screening tool for both colorectal cancer and its adenomatous precursor. Virtual colonoscopy requires state-of-t...

Table of Contents:

• Why We Do CTC: Screening for Colorectal Cancer
• The Performance of CTC
• Starting CT Colonography in Your Department
• The Eligible Patient: Indications and Contraindications
• Patient Preparation for CT Colonography
• The Prerequisite: Faecal Tagging
• How to Get the Colon Distended?
• Right Parameters
• How to Interpret CTC Data: Evaluation of the Different Lesion Morphologies
• How to Avoid Pitfalls in Imaging: Causes and Solutions to Overcome False-Negatives and False-Positives
• 3D Imaging: Invaluable for the Correct Diagnosis?
• The Challenge: Detection of Early-Stage Superficial Colorectal Lesions
• Extracolonic Findings
• The Future: Computer-Aided Detection
• Quality and Consistency in Reporting CT Colonography
• Virtual Colonoscopy: Beyond Polyp Detection
• Pictorial Overview of Normal Anatomy, Mimics of Disease, and Neoplasia Using CT Colonography.