CT colonography is a less invasive, better targeted and sufficiently accurate alternative to colonoscopy for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in the general population. Daniele Regge and colleagues ...

New research reveals that computed tomography colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has the potential to screen for two diseases at once -- colorectal cancer and osteoporosis, both of which ...

Colonography comprising a combined modality of PET and CT (PET–;CT) could shorten the multimodality diagnostic work-up required for the conventional staging of patients with colorectal cancer. In a ...

A CT-scan-based form of virtual colonoscopy that does not require laxative preparation appears to be as effective as standard colonoscopy in identifying the intestinal polyps most likely to become ...

Compared to stool DNA testing, researchers found that CT colonography is a cost-saving and clinically effective method for colorectal cancer screening, according to a study published in Radiology.

The risk of developing cancer as a result of being exposed to X-rays during computed tomography colonography (also known as "virtual colonoscopy" or CT colonography) is considerably less than 1 ...

March 2, 2012 — Proponents of virtual computed tomographic colonography (CTC) are banking on a new assessment of their original pivotal trial to persuade federal regulators to reconsider their ...

Compared to stool DNA testing, researchers found that CT colonography is a cost-saving and clinically effective method for colorectal cancer screening, according to a study was published today in ...

» How is CT colonography performed? CT colonography takes about 15 minutes. At the beginning of the procedure, the colon is filled with carbon dioxide or air with a tube introduced into the rectum.

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 ...