Ultrasonography of the urinary tract in small animals

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-54

  Widmer, William R ^a   Biller, David S ^b   Adams, Larry G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLADDER WALL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PAPILLA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY PELVIS; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TRANSDUCER; URETER; URETER DISEASE; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT PHYSIOLOGY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 3042803425     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.46     Document Type: Review

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