Preoperative evaluation of living renal donors: Value of contrast-enhanced 3D magnetic resonance angiography and comparison of three rendering algorithms

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 794-801

  Fink, C ^a,b   Hallscheidt, P J ^a   Hosch, W P ^a   Ott, R C ^a   Wiesel, M ^a   Kauffmann, G W ^a   Dux M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography; Maximum intensity projection; Renal angiography; Shaded surface display; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; RENAL ARTERY; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

EID: 0038757601     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1642-5     Document Type: Article

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