Helical CT of the urinary organs

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 575-591

  Schreyer, H H ^a   Uggowitzer, M M ^a   Ruppert Kohlmayr, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

3D imaging renal tumours; CT angiography renal arteries; CT nephrogram; CT urography; Helical CT; Renal mass lesions; Renal trauma; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLANK PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUBULE; KIDNEY TUMOR; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROLITHIASIS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETER;

EID: 0036517089     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300101023     Document Type: Review

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