Accuracy of sonographic volume measurements of kidney transplant

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 184-189

  Mancini, Marcello ^a   Mainenti, Pier Paolo ^a   Speranza, Antonio ^a   Liuzzi, Raffaele ^a   Soscia, Ernesto ^a   Sabbatini, Massimo ^b   Ferrara, Liberato Aldo ^b   Federico, Stefano ^b   Salvatore, Marco ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Kidney; Transplant; Ultrasonography; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY SIZE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PHANTOM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646574337     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20212     Document Type: Article

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