Applications of computed tomography in renal imaging

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Read, Samantha ^a   Allen, Clare ^a   Hare, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intravenous contrast media; Volumetric data

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RENOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; URETER OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY;

HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645007343     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090606     Document Type: Review

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