Undertaking both PET and CT scans during a single examination (PET/CT) permits more accurate functional and morphological imaging than either technique alone. German researchers, therefore, developed ...

December 5, 2006 — The staging of colorectal cancer could be made easier for both patients and doctors by using a one-step procedure combining 2 imaging procedures, suggests a preliminary study in the ...

A CT-scan-based form of virtual colonoscopy that does not require laxative preparation appears to be as effective as standard colonoscopy in identifying the intestinal polyps most likely to become ...

Bethesda, Maryland (July 1, 2005) – The risk of developing cancer as a result of being exposed to X-rays during computed tomography colonography (also known as "virtual colonoscopy" or CT colonography ...