Magnetic resonance voiding cystography in the diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux: Comparative study with voiding cystourethrography

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 406-414

  Lee, Sang Kwon ^a   Chang, Yongmin ^b,c   Park, Noh Hyuck ^b   Kim, Young Hwan ^a   Woo, Seongku ^a  

^a Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Kidney; Magnetic resonance (MR); Reflux; Ureter; Voiding cystourethrography

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IOHEXOL; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DIVERTICULUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECTOPIC URETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE VOIDING CYSTOGRAPHY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER; URINARY BLADDER; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 15944429290     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20273     Document Type: Article

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