Pickhardt, P. J.
Pooler, B. D.
Matkowskyj, K. A.
Kim, D. H.
Grady, W. M.
Halberg, R. B.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Cancer Institute (1R01 CA220004-01)
Article History
Received: 8 October 2018
Revised: 21 November 2018
Accepted: 4 January 2019
First Online: 11 February 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Perry J. Pickhardt.
: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies: Dr. Pickhardt is advisor to Bracco; shareholder in SHINE, Elucent, and Cellectar.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise (BDP). However, no complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this retrospective study by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in Kim DH, Matkowskyj KA, Lubner MG, Hinshaw JL, Muñoz del Rio A, Pooler BD, Weiss JM, Pickhardt PJ. Serrated polyps at CT colonography: prevalence and characteristics of the serrated polyp spectrum. Radiology 2016;280:455–463. However, that study was simply cross-sectional and did not assess longitudinal changes over time.
: • Retrospective• Observational• Performed at one institution