Reproducibility of human kidney perfusion and volume determinations with electron beam computed tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 204-210

  Lerman, Lilach O ^a   Flickinger, Allen L ^a   Sheedy II, Patrick F ^a   Turner, Stephen T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Renal circulation; renal volume; x ray CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0029969296     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199604000-00004     Document Type: Article

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