colography

(ko-log'ra-fe) [ colon + -graphy]

Radiographic imaging of the large intestine.

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virtual colonoscopy

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The medication is designed to help you open your bowels more than usual ahead of the colography exam.

Getting the PS6k health check-up; it like to undergo a full PS6,000 'health mot'? we sent our health correspondent mark smith to find out

SAN DIEGO -- Colonoscopy remains the standard for imaging the colon, but the future may rest in nonoptical techniques such as virtual colography and colonic visualization devices such as the PillCam, Dr.

Colon imaging on brink of makeover

Search terms included "CT colonography," "virtual colonoscopy," "CTcolonoscopy," "colography," and "CT pneumocolon." (17) The general focus was on original research articles, but meta-analyses and review articles were also considered.

Virtual colonoscopy: what is its role in cancer screening? 1 multicenter study found that virtual colonoscopy compared well with traditional colonoscopy; 2 others did not

Also, the USPSTF found insufficient evidence that newer screening technologies (computed tomographic colography) are effective in improving health outcomes.

Colorectal cancer: an overview of the epidemiology, risk factors, symptoms, and screening guidelines

The article cited Ted Scherck, president of logistics consultancy The Colography Group, who points to large companies, that have a "continental strategy" to spread supply (and thus risk) across continents.

Disaster management: private lessons for the public sector

Computed tomographical (CT) colography (virtual colonoscopy) offers greater sensitivity in comparison, (13) but has a false positive rate of 6 percent to 17 percent, necessitating further examination by colonoscopy.

Current methods of colorectal cancer screening. (Cover Story)

"We project that domestic air freight will be off 2.9 percent in the second half, while ground parcel will be up 1.5 percent, a primarily rate-based migration," observes Ted Scherck at The Colography Group, an advisory firm for parcel shippers.

Mid-year Rate Outlook: Is Opportunity Fading?

Early in 2000, The Colography Group began aggressively debunking the myth of the one-dimensional, low-inventory distribution model:

Getting back in balance. (Global Links)

"Increasingly, fewer customers actually pay book rates," says Ted Scherck at The Colography Group, an advisory firm for parcel shippers.

Window of Opportunity

While the economy has demonstrated only "morbid growth" over the past year, it's growth nonetheless and not recession, says Ted Scherck of the transportation consultancy Colography Group.

Mid-Year Rate Outlook: Uncertainty Persists

'This industry cannot absorb another increase in fuel charges such as we experienced in 2007,' warns Ted Scherck of The Colography Group, a research and consulting firm specializing in expedited transportation markets.

2008 Logistics Rate Outlook: Uncertainty abounds

U.S.-China trade in 2005 grew at a faster pace than trade between the United States and all world markets, but the trade imbalance between the two countries continues to widen, according to research by The Colography Group.