Color Coding Improves Colonoscopy

The virtual colonoscopy is one of the most important preventive health screening exams available to patients today. It helps to identify the early stages of colon cancer in order to prevent the development of this devastating disease. It is also the most efficient and most comfortable type of colon cancer screening available.

And it may start to get even more effective in the near future if a color coding system is implemented into the regular use of the exam. It has been found that a fecal matter color-coding system can reduce the prep time for a patient going through this type of exam which makes the whole procedure easier on both the patient and the radiologist.

Basically, the majority of patients would prefer not to have to go through bowel cleansing prior to getting the virtual colonscopy completed because this is a somewhat uncomfortable procedure. However, patients' results aren't as good if they don't do so and not doing so also lengthens the interpretation of those results.

This new color coding method may help to correct this problem because it would get rid of the need for the bowel cleansing but still allow for easy interpretation of the results of the virtual colonoscopy. Learn more here.

Question of the Day: Will color coding become a common part of the virtual colonoscopy procedure?

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