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Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2008 RACIONAL: A colonografia tomográfica computadorizada tem sido proposta como teste substituto da colonoscopia para o diagnóstico de pólipos colorretais em programas de rastreamento de câncer de intestino grosso.
Gustavo Kuhn Pfeifer +2 more
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Inverted appendix: Computed tomographic colonography diagnosis in a patient and lesson learned
South African Journal of Radiology, 2015 The role of computed tomographic colonography in the diagnosis of an inverted appendix is described in an adult woman, with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, who underwent a laparotomy during her childhood for severe abdominal pain.
Joel Bortz
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Medical Science Monitor, 2021 BACKGROUND Computed tomographic colonography (CTC) is useful for patients for whom colonoscopy may be difficult to perform and is widely employed to examine the vasculature prior to colorectal cancer surgery. Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) was shown to be beneficial intraoperatively to manipulate blood vessels and prevent vascular injury. Three-
Mayuko, Haraikawa +13 more
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The importance of CAD and DECT in CT colonography
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2021 Introduction According to the American College of Radiology and the American Cancer Society, CTC has been recognized as a valuable screening method for detecting CRC in people at medium risk as an alternative to endoscopic colonoscopy.
Anna Monika Wójcik +6 more
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, Volume 4, Issue 4, Page 405-412, July 2020., 2020 Abstract Aim With population aging, the number of frail patients with colorectal cancer has increased. The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a validated tool for assessing frailty, and higher scores indicate worse clinical outcomes following cardiovascular procedures.
Kosuke Mima +9 more
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Double-Balloon Endoscopy after Incomplete Colonoscopy and Its Comparison with Computed Tomography Colonography [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2018 Background/Aims Because of the national screening program for colorectal carcinoma in The Netherlands, the number of colonoscopies has increased. In case of incomplete colonoscopy, computed tomography colonography (CTC) and double-balloon colonoscopy ...
Carlijn Hermans +2 more
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Cancer Medicine, Volume 9, Issue 2, Page 824-836, January 2020., 2020 Although adherence to colorectal cancer screening has a substantial impact on clinical outcomes, estimating the magnitude of this impact has been challenging. This study provides a quantitative analysis of the extent to which differences in adherence rates affect clinical outcomes of different screening strategies.
Elvira D’Andrea +3 more
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Computed tomographic colonography: Diagnosis of an incarcerated Spigelian hernia
South African Journal of Radiology, 2014 A 68-year-old obese man underwent computed tomographic colonography (CTC) scanning to investigate worsening constipation and lower abdominal discomfort on his left side.Optical colonoscopy was contraindicated because of his comorbidities.
Joel H. Bortz
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Double Colorectal Cancer Only Diagnosed by Computed Tomographic Colonography
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2008 A 58-year-old woman presented to her physician with rectal bleeding and intermittent diarrhea. Optical colonoscopy revealed a bulky tumor which was diagnosed as rectal cancer. She was referred to our institution for further evaluation and treatment. Slim
Koichi Nagata +3 more
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Multi-scale characterizations of colon polyps via computed tomographic colonography
Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art, 2019 Texture features have played an essential role in the field of medical imaging for computer-aided diagnosis. The gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM)-based texture descriptor has emerged to become one of the most successful feature sets for these ...
Weiguo Cao +6 more
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