Preoperative evaluation of living renal donors: Comparison of CT angiography and MR angiography

Radiology

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 434-439

  Halpern, Ethan J ^a   Mitchell, Donald G ^a   Wechster, Richard J ^a   Outwater, Eric K ^a   Moritz, Michael J ^a   Wilson, Gary A ^a  

^a Thomas Petterson University Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), angiography; Kidney, blood supply; Kidney, transplantation; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies; Renal arteries, CT; Renal arteries, MR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; ORGAN DONOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033887480     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.216.2.r00au25434     Document Type: Article

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