Diagnostic assessment of painless microhematuria: Prospective study comparing image quality, assessibility and diagnostic certainty of multidetector-row CT and intravenous pyelography within a single examination;Diagnostische abklärung der schmerzlosen mikrohämaturie: Prospektive studie zum vergleich von bildqualität, beurteilbarkeit und diagnostischer sicherheit von MDCT und IVU in einem untersuchungsgang

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 177, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1436-1446

  Boehm, Thomas ^a,b   John, H ^a   Wildermuth, S ^a   Ruedi, C ^a   Marincek, B ^a   Michael, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Spitaler Chur AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcifications calculi; IVP; Microhematuria; Spiral CT; Urinary; Urography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIRENAL ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TERATOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 26944449314     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858597     Document Type: Article

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