Incidental extraurinary findings at MDCT urography in patients with hematuria: Prevalence and impact on imaging costs

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1051-1056

  Liu, Weichung ^a   Mortelé, Koenraad J ^a   Silverman, Stuart G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; UROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INCIDENTAL FINDING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32944471957     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.0218     Document Type: Review

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