Congenital stenosis of ureteropelvic junction: Assessment with multisclice CT;Stenosi congenite del giunto pieloureterale: Valutazione con TC spirale multidetettore

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-325

  Stabile Ianora, Amato Antonio ^a,b   Scardapane, Arnaldo ^a   Chiumarulo, Luigi ^a   Calbi, Roberto ^a   Rotondo, Antonio ^a   Angelelli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b DIMIMP   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D reconstructions; Computed tomography; Multislice; Ureteropelvic junction obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXCRETION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTISLICE SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; STENOSIS; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0042063935     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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