Multidetector CT urography in imaging of the urinary tract in patients with hematuria

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Maher, Michael M ^a   Kalra, Mannudeep K ^a   Rizzo, Stefania ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a   Saini, Sanjay ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Multidetector CT; Urography

Indexed keywords

BLADDER TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIC UROGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 2342446593     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2004.5.1.1     Document Type: Review

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