Virtual Colonoscopy

1. Why We Do CTC: Screening for Colorectal Cancer
Richard M. Mendelson

2. The Performance of CTC
Didier Bielen

3. Starting CT Colonography in Your Department
Darra Murphy, Alan O'Hare, Helen Fenlon

4. The Eligible Patient: Indications and Contraindications
M. Raquel Oliva, Ayodale S. Odulate, Koenraad J. Mortele

5. Patient Preparation for CT Colonography
J. Yee

6. The Prerequisite: Faecal Tagging
Philippe Lefere, Stefaan Gryspeerdt

7. How to Get the Colon Distended?
David Burling, Stuart Taylor, Steve Halligan

8. Right Parameters
Andrea Laghi

9. How to Interpret CTC Data: Evaluation of the Different Lesion Morphologies
Beth G. McFarland

10. How to Avoid Pitfalls in Imaging: Causes and Solutions to Overcome False-Negatives and False-Positives
Stefaan Gryspeerdt, Philippe Lefere

11. 3D Imaging: Invaluable for the Correct Diagnosis?
Ayso H. Vries, Jaap Stoker

12. The Challenge: Detection of Early-Stage Superficial Colorectal Lesions
Gen Iinuma, Mototaka Miyake, Kaori Uchida, Yasuaki Arai, Yukio Muramatsu, Noriyuki Moriyama

13. Extracolonic Findings
Francesca Turini, Francesca Cerri, Emanuele Neri

14. The Future: Computer-Aided Detection
H. Yoshida

15. Quality and Consistency in Reporting CT Colonography
Abraham H. Dachman, Piotr R. Obara, Michael E. Zalis

16. Virtual Colonoscopy: Beyond Polyp Detection
T. Mang, P. Pokieser, A. Maier, W. Schima

17. Pictorial Overview of Normal Anatomy, Mimics of Disease, and Neoplasia Using CT Colonography
J. G. Fletcher, Fargol Booya, Luis S. Guimaraes

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