Article: Virtual colonoscopy procedure offered as a stand-alone service.

2003 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cooper Clinic, a comprehensive preventive medicine center, which has incorporated virtual colonoscopy into its comprehensive examination services for some time, will now offer the exam as a stand-alone procedure.

Utilizing U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved, low-radiation, Electron Beam Tomography (EBT) technology, the virtual colonoscopy will provide area residents with a minimally invasive complement to traditional examinations for the early detection and prevention of colon cancer.

"The accuracy of virtual colonoscopy has improved significantly in recent years, and it is rapidly gaining ...

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