CT colonography: visualization methods, interpretation, and pitfalls.

Radiol Clin North Am

Department of Radiology, MC2026, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago, IL 60645, USA.

Published: March 2007

Virtual colonoscopy interpretation is improving rapidly with the development of efficient software using two-dimensional, three-dimensional (3D) endoluminal, and 3D novel views such as those that seem to cut the colon open and lay it flat for interpretation. Comparison of these various views, comparisons of supine and prone positioning, and comparisons of lung and soft tissue windows aid in the recognition of various pitfalls of interpretation.

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