The FDA will host a meeting today to discuss reducing patient radiation risks. March 30, 2010— -- Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration say their concerns over the radiation exposure ...
Computed tomographic (CT) colonography, known as virtual colonoscopy, can be used to diagnose significant medical problems in organs outside the colon, according to a new study conducted at the San ...
TUESDAY, July 11, 2017 -- People with insurance that covers virtual colonoscopy are nearly 50 percent more likely to get screened for colon cancer, a new study shows. Like traditional colonoscopy, the ...
A new, large-scale study of more than 10,000 adults found that more than one in every 200 asymptomatic people screened with CT colonography, or virtual colonoscopy, had clinically unsuspected ...
Doctors are experimenting with new technology that could give them a more complete view of the large intestine than ever before, improving the odds of finding potentially cancerous growths earlier. Dr ...
BOSTON (CBS) – March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and doctors are urging people to get screened. But many don't want to go through the uncomfortable procedure known as the colonoscopy. However ...
LOS ANGELES (May 23, 2006) – With more than 100,000 people in the U.S. diagnosed each year with colon cancer, doctors are working to improve screening techniques through more accurate technologies and ...
A colonoscopy can identify colon cancer at an early stage, when it’s easiest to treat. But some people hesitate to undergo this invasive procedure, which uses a long, flexible tube with a camera to ...
It was divided into four views and showed Smarr’s virtual colon in 3-D, his MRI, a view into his abdominal cavity from above the robotic arms, and another close-in view from inside the colon, also ...
The FDA will host a meeting today to discuss reducing patient radiation risks. March 30, 2010— -- Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration say their concerns over the radiation exposure ...
A new, large-scale study of more than 10,000 adults found that more than one in every 200 asymptomatic people screened with CT colonography, or virtual colonoscopy, had clinically unsuspected ...
LA JOLLA, Calif. — Spend enough time with Larry Smarr and, chances are, he’ll invite you to step inside his colon. Like more than a million Americans, Smarr has inflammatory bowel disease. Unlike most ...