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New software aids virtual colonoscopy

By Ben Harder

- More than 2 years ago

From Chicago, at a meeting of the Radiological Society of North America

POLYP ON SCREEN. A computer program highlights a precancerous growth (blue) in the colon. Summers

Radiologists can use a new computer program to spot dangerous growths in the colon without probing inside the body, researchers report. The software could make virtual colonoscopy a more dependable alternative to conventional colonoscopy.