Virtual CT colonoscopy creates 3-D images of the colon and a does a complete scan of the abdomen and pelvis. It can find tumors, polyps and other abnormalities. Although many insurance companies cover ...

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 ...

Colorectal cancer screening can cut a person's risk of dying from the disease in half, yet about 40 percent of those who should get tested don't do it. One reason is that the gold standard for ...

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - Medicare, the U.S. federal health insurance plan for the elderly and disabled, will not pay for so-called virtual colonoscopies, which check for colon cancer using scans ...

According to Mark Baumel, MD, MS, president and CEO of Colon Health Centers of America, colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable types of cancer if detected early yet it remains the ...

Advanced imaging techniques available through The Center for Preventive Medicine at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center now enable physicians to closely examine the colon with computer animation ...

With funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and other agencies, Professor Arie Kaufman, Chair and Leading Professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook Computer Science ...