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ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy2021

Computed tomography colonography and radiation risk: How low can we go?

Jelena Popic, Sandra Tipuric, Ivan Balen, Anna Mrzljak

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Review in World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jelena PopicDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Merkur, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia.
Sandra TipuricDepartment of Family Medicine, Health Center Zagreb-East, Zagreb 10000, Croatia.
Ivan BalenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, General Hospital Slavonski brod "Dr. Josip Bencevic", Slavonski Brod 35000, Croatia.
Anna MrzljakDepartment of Medicine, Merkur University Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia. anna.mrzljak@gmail.com.
University Hospital Centre Zagreb · HRCollege of Slavonski Brod · HRUniversity of Applied Health Sciences · HR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Computed tomography colonography (CTC) has become a key examination in detecting colonic polyps and colorectal carcinoma (CRC). It is particularly useful after incomplete optical colonoscopy (OC) for patients with sedation risks and patients anxious about the risks or potential discomfort associated with OC. CTC's main advantages compared with OC are its non-invasive nature, better patient compliance, and the ability to assess the extracolonic disease. Despite these advantages, ionizing radiation remains the most significant burden of CTC. This opinion review comprehensively addresses the radiation risk of CTC, incorporating imaging technology refinements such as automatic tube current modulation, filtered back projections, lowering the tube voltage, and iterative reconstructions as tools for optimizing low and ultra-low dose protocols of CTC. Future perspectives arise from integrating artificial intelligence in computed tomography machines for the screening of CRC.

Indexed as

Colorectal cancerComputed tomography colonographyImage noiseImage qualityIterative reconstructionRadiation risk

Identifiers

PMID33763187
PMCPMC7958467
OpenAlexW3135816832

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Registered trials

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