MR pyelography in the assessment of hydroureteronephrosis: Single-shot thick-slab RARE versus multislice HASTE sequences

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 433-439

  Blandino, A ^a   Minutoli, F ^a   Gaeta, M ^a   Settineri, N ^a   Pandolfo, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Hydronephrosis; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROURETER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE PYELOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYELOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY PELVIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETERAL DISEASES; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0037940182     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-002-0054-y     Document Type: Article

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