Functional evaluation of the urinary tract by color-Doppler ultrasonography (CDU) in 100 patients with renal colic

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-135

  Pepe, Pietro ^a   Motta, Luigi ^a   Pennisi, Michele ^a   Aragona, Francesco ^a  

^a CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

CDU and acute kidney obstruction; Intrarenal RI and renal colic; Ureteric jet

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER EFFECT; PATIENT TREATMENT;

DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACTS;

RADIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; URETER; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RENAL CIRCULATION; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; URETER; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CALCULI; URINARY TRACT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 10644220359     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.01.014     Document Type: Article

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