Magnetic resonance urography: Initial experience of a low-dose Gd-DTPA- enhanced technique

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1158-1164

  Szopinski K ^a   Szopinska M ^a   Borowka A ^b   Jakubowski, W ^a  

^a II Faculty of Medicine   (Poland)

^b Central Railway Hospital Warsaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

DTPA; Gadolinium; Kidneys; MR imaging; Urography

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UROGRAPHY; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 1642586700     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003309900112     Document Type: Article

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