Crossing vessels at the ureteropelvic junction: Detection with contrast- enhanced color Doppler imaging

Radiology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 727-731

  Frauscher, Ferdinand ^a   Janetschek, Gunter ^a   Helweg, Gernot ^a   Strasser, Hannes ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Zur Nedden, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Kidney, stenosis or obstruction; Renal arteries, US; Renal veins, US; Ultrasound (US), contrast media; Ultrasound (US), Doppler studies; Ureter, stenosis or obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; RENAL ARTERY; ULTRASOUND; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION;

EID: 0033050699     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.3.r99mr38727     Document Type: Article

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