Multidetector CT Urography: Techniques, Clinical Applications, and Pitfalls

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-54

  Akbar, Syed A ^a   Mortele, Koenraad J ^a   Baeyens, Kathy ^a   Kekelidze, Maka ^a   Silverman, Stuart G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BLADDER DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 1442349882     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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