Scalise P, Mantarro A, Pancrazi F, Neri E. Computed tomography colonography for the practicing radiologist: A review of current recommendations on methodology and clinical indications. World J Radiol 2016; 8(5): 472-483 [PMID: 27247713 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v8.i5.472]
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Emanuele Neri, MD, Professor, Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Pisa, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Via Paradisa 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy. emanuele.neri@med.unipi.it
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
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Paola Scalise, Annalisa Mantarro, Francesca Pancrazi, Emanuele Neri, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Emanuele Neri, MD, Professor, Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Pisa, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Via Paradisa 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy. emanuele.neri@med.unipi.it
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Received: July 20, 2015 Peer-review started: July 27, 2015 First decision: September 22, 2015 Revised: February 4, 2016 Accepted: February 23, 2016 Article in press: February 24, 2016 Published online: May 28, 2016 Processing time: 299 Days and 7.3 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Computed tomography colonography (CT colonography) was first introduced in 1994 and since then it rapidly evolved with considerable improvements achieved in the technique. CT colonography allows a minimally-invasive evaluation of the entire colon with elevated level of patient acceptance, actually representing the radiological examination of choice in colorectal cancer diagnosis. Furthermore, beyond diagnostic purposes, great interest is rising in CT colonography application as a screening tool for colonic cancer on individual basis in asymptomatic patients at average-risk. Our objective is to illustrate the current literature concerning CT colonography to better delineate its major clinical indications and the most updated recommendations on the technique methodology.
