title: Computed tomography for screening purposes: a review of the literature--2003.
abstract: This paper reviews the scientific literature on four procedures: Coronary Calcium Scoring (CCS), Lung Cancer Screening (LCS), Computed Tomographic Colonography (CTC), and Whole Body Computed Tomography (WBCT). No published studies demonstrate that these procedures reduce morbidity or mortality when used to screen healthy, asymptomatic patients.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri, Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: G David
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Dixon
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*