Functional renal perfusion imaging with colour mapping: Is it a useful adjunct to spiral CT of in the assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 214-220

  Blomley, Martin J K ^a   McBride, Alan ^a   Mohammedtagi, Sima ^a   Albrecht, Thomas ^a   Harvey, Christopher J ^a   Jäger, Rolf ^a   Standfield, Nigel J ^a   Dawson, Peter ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Colour mapping; Renal perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; CONTRAST MEDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; COLOR MAPPING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CREATININE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE PERFUSION;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RENAL CIRCULATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032838234     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(99)00014-5     Document Type: Article

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