Virtual Colonoscopy

This text is a complete and practical guide to performing virtual colonoscopy examinations and interpreting the results. The book provides precise instructions on how to prepare the patient and specific protocols for the various CT scanners currently in use. Detailed chapters on interpretation demonstrate normal anatomy, anatomic variants, CT appearances of polyps and cancer, and pitfalls of interpretation on two-dimensional and three-dimensional views. Additional chapters cover extracolonic findings, reporting, and fecal and fluid tagging. More than 200 illustrations show examination techniques and normal and pathologic findings. Bound-in CD-ROMs contain eight teaching cases to further refine the reader's interpretive skills.

Contents

CHAPTER 1: Colon Cancer Screening

CHAPTER 2: Examination Prerequisites

CHAPTER 3: Optimizing CT Technique

CHAPTER 4: Interpretation: Normal Anatomy

CHAPTER 5: Interpretation: Polyps and Cancer

CHAPTER 6: Pitfalls

CHAPTER 7: Accuracy

CHAPTER 8: Extracolonic Findings

CHAPTER 9: Reporting

CHAPTER 10: Fecal and Fluid Tagging

CHAPTER 11: Computer Aided Detection