Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 780-789 , July 2009

Full-laxative Versus Minimum-laxative Fecal-tagging CT Colonography Using 64-detector Row CT: Prospective Blinded Comparison of Diagnostic Performance, Tagging Quality, and Patient Acceptance

Received 25 November 2008 ,Accepted 30 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.12.027

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 780-789 , July 2009

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