The New England Journal of Medicine

"CT Colonography versus Colonoscopy for the Detection of Advanced Neoplasia", David H. Kim, M.D., Perry J. Pickhardt, M.D., Andrew J. Taylor, M.D., Winifred K. Leung, M.D., Thomas C. Winter, M.D., J. Louis Hinshaw, M.D., Deepak V. Gopal, M.D., Mark Reichelderfer, M.D., Richard H. Hsu, M.D., and Patrick R. Pfau, M.D., October 4, 2007, (Vol. 357, No. 14)

"Computed Tomographic Virtual Colonsocopy to Screen for Colorectal neoplasia in Asymptomoatic Adults",
Perry J. Pickhardt, M.D., J. Richard Choi, Sc.D., M.D., Inku Hwang, M.D., James A. Butler, M.D., Michael L. Puckett, M.D., Hans A. Hildebrandt, M.D., Roy K. Wong, M.D., Pamela A. Nugent, M.D., Pauline A. Mysliwiec, M.D., M.P.H., and William R. Schindler, D.O., December 2003 issue (Vol. 349, No. 23)

American Gastroenterological Association

"AGA Supports New Guidelines Favoring Tests That Prevent Colorectal Cancer ", March 5, 2008

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

"Virtual vs. optical colonoscopy in symptomatic gastroenterology out-patients: the case for virtual imaging followed by targeted diagnostic or therapeutic colonoscopy", M.Bose, J.Bell, L.Jackson, P.Casey, J.Saunders, O.Epstein Volume 26 Issue 5 Page 727-736, September 2007

American Cancer Society

"Prevention the Focus of New Colon Cancer Screening Guidelines", Article date: 2008/03/05

"Screening and Surveillance for the Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer and Adenomatous Polyps, 2008: A Joint Guideline from the American Cancer Society, the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of Radiology",
Bernard Levin, MD, David A. Lieberman, MD, Beth McFarland, MD, Robert A. Smith, PhD, Durado Brooks, MD, MPH, Kimberly S. Andrews, Chiranjeev Dash, MD, MPH, Francis M. Giardiello, MD, Seth Glick, MD, Theodore R. Levin, MD, Perry Pickhardt, MD, Douglas K. Rex, MD, Alan Thorson, MD, Sidney J. Winawer, MD and for the American Cancer Society Colorectal Cancer Advisory Group, the US Multi-Society Task Force, and the American College of Radiology

American Journal of Roentgenology

" Primary 2D Versus Primary 3D Polyp Detection at Screening CT Colonography",
Perry J. Pickhardt, Andrew D. Lee, Andrew J. Taylor, Steven J. Michel, Thomas C. Winter, Anthony Shadid, Ryan J. Meiners, Peter J. Chase, J. Louis Hinshaw, John G. Williams, Tyler M. Prout, S. Hamid Husain, David H. Kim, 189, December 2007

"Translucency Rendering in 3D Endoluminal CT Colonography: A Useful Tool for Increasing Polyp Specificity and Decreasing Interpretation Time", P. J. Pickhardt August 2004 AJR:183(2),429 - 436

"Three-Dimensional Endoluminal CT Colonography (Virtual Colonoscopy): Comparison on Three Commerically Available Systems", P. J. Pickhardt December 4, 2003 AJR: 181, 1599-1606

"Electronic Cleansing and Stool Tagging in CT Colonography: Advantages and Pitfalls with Primary Three Dimensional Evaluation", Perry J. Pickhardt, September 2003:181, 799-805

Annals of Internal Medicine

"Location of Adenomas Missed by Optical Colonoscopy", Perry J. Pickhardt, MD; Pamela A. Nugent, MD; Pauline A. Mysliweic, MD, MPH; J. Richard Choi, ScD, MD; and William R. Schnindler, DO, September 7, 2004 | Volume 141 Issue 5| Pages 352-359

Archives of Internal Medicine

Computed Tomographic Colonography to Screen for Colorectal Cancer, Extracolonic Cancer, and Aortic Aneurysm Model Simulation With Cost-effectiveness Analysis
Cesare Hassan, MD; Perry Pickhardt, MD; Andrea Laghi, MD; Daniel Kim, MD; Angelo Zullo, MD; Franco Iafrate, MD; Lorenzo Di Giulio, MD; Sergio Morini, MD
Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(7):696-705

"Computed Tomographic Colonography to Screen for Colorectal Cancer, Extracolonic Cancer, and Aortic Aneurysm", Model Simulation With Cost-effectiveness Analysis
Cesare Hassan, MD; Perry Pickhardt, MD; Andrea Laghi, MD; Daniel Kim, MD; Angelo Zullo, MD; Franco Iafrate, MD; Lorenzo Di Giulio, MD; Sergio Morini, MD
Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(7):696-705.

AuntMinnie.com

"VC's extracolonic findings lend an edge in cost-effectiveness", Eric Barnes, 4/15/2008

"American Cancer Society recognizes virtual colonoscopy screening benefit", Erik L. Ridley, 3/5/2008

"Disparate VC results suggest 2D/3D debate isn't over", Eric Barnes, 12/11/2007

"Primary 3D VC equivalent to colonoscopy", Eric Barnes, 9/12/2007

"Significant Extracolonic Cancer Found in VC Screening Patients", Eric Barnes, 6/12/2007

"Translucency rendering aids prepless 3D VC", Eric Barnes, 5/14/2007

"Screening model calls VC most cost-effective colon exam", Eric Barnes, 4/24/2007

"VC CAD delivers accuracy on unfamiliar datasets", Eric Barnes, 2/5/2007

"Low Incidence of Serious Extracolonic Findings Seen in VC Screening Population", Eric Barnes, 12/18/2006

"New Data Reveal Higher Efficacy for Primary VC Screening", Eric Barnes, 10/18/2006

"VC Finds Early Niche in Screening", Eric Barnes, 9/27/2006

"VC Finds Risky Polyps, Might Reduce Polypectomies", Eric Barnes, 6/8/2006

Diagnostic Imaging

"CT Colonography bests conventional screening in cost-effectiveness test", Pia Pyne Miller, 4/23/2007

"GI Docs Find Value in Virtual Colonoscopy", C.P. Kaiser, 5/31/2006

Gastroenterology

"Standards for Gastroenterologists for Performing and Interpreting Diagnostic Computed Tomographic Colonography", Don C. Rockey, Matthew Barish, Joel V. Brill, Brooks D. Cash, Joel G. Fletcher, Prateer Sharma, Sachin Wani, Maurits J. Wiersema, Laura E. Peterson, and Jennifer Conte, 2007;133:1005–10242-158

"Surface Visualization at 3D Endoluminal CT Colonography: Degree of Coverage and Implications for Polyp Detection", Perry J. Pickhardt, MD; Andrew J. Taylor, and Deepak V. Gopal, 2006 | 130: 1582-1587

"Computed Tomographic Virtual Colonoscopy Computer-Aided-Polyp-Detection in Screening", Ronald M. Summers, Jianhua Yao, Perry J. Pickhardt, Marek Franaszek, Ingmar Bitter, Daniel Brickman, Vamsi Krisna, and J. Richard Choi, 2005 | 129: 1832-1844

"Position of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute on Computed Tomographic Colonography", 2006 | 131: 1627-1628

Health Imaging & IT

"Virtual Colonoscopy Going for the Gold (Standard)", Beth Walsh, 9/01/07

"Wait and "C", Renee DiIulio, August 2007

"Third-Party Payor-Reimbursed Study Validates Virtual Colonoscopy", Cat Vasko, 12/04/2006

Radiology

"Screening for Colorectal Neoplasia with CT Colongraphy: Initial Experience from the 1st Year of Coverage by Third-Party Payers", Perry J. Pickhardt, MD, Andrew J. Taylor, MD, David H. Kim, MD, Mark Reicheldferfer, MD, Deepak V. Gopal, MD, and Patrick R. Pfau, MD, 2006. 0:2412052007

"Linear Polyp Measurement at CT Colonography: In Vitro and in Vivo Comparison of Two-Dimensional and Three-dimensional Displays", Perry J. Pickhardt, MD, Andrew D. Lee, MD, Elizabeth G. McFarland, MD, Andrew J. Taylor, MD, 2005; 236:872-878

"Building a CT Colonography Program: Necessary Ingredients for Reimbursement and Clinical Success", Perry J. Pickhardt, MD,Andrew J. Taylor, MD, Gary L. Johnson, MD, Lawrence A. Fleming, MD, Debra A. Jones, MD, Patrick R. Pfau, MD, Mark Reichelderfer, MD, 2005; 235:17-20

"Incidence of Colonic Perforation at CT Colonography: Review of Existing Data and Implications for Screening of Asymptomatic Adults", Perry J. Pickhardt, MD, 2006; 239: 313-316