Virtual colonoscopy near me

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What is virtual colonoscopy?

Virtual colonoscopy is a procedure in which a radiologist uses images created by x-rays and a computer to examine your rectum and colon from outside the body.

What are the disadvantages of a virtual colonoscopy

The rectum and colon make up most of your large intestine.

Virtual colonoscopy can show ulcers, polyps, and cancer.

Does virtual colonoscopy have another name?

Virtual colonoscopy is also called computed tomography (CT) colonography.

How is virtual colonoscopy different from colonoscopy?

Virtual colonoscopy and colonoscopy are different in several ways.

Virtual colonoscopy uses x-rays to capture images of the inside of your body.

In colonoscopy, a doctor inserts a flexible tube with a camera on one end, called a colonoscope, to look inside your rectum and colon.

Unlike colonoscopy, you won’t need sedatives or anesthesia for a virtual colonoscopy.

Virtual colonoscopy also takes less time than a colonoscopy.

Research suggests that virtual colonoscopy may not be as effective as colonoscopy at finding certain polyps.¹ Also, doc

is a virtual colonoscopy painful

what happens during a virtual colonoscopy