Contrast-enhanced dynamic MR nephrography using the TurboFLASH navigator-gating technique in children

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1509-1518

  Boss, Andreas ^a   Schaefer, Juergen F ^a   Martirosian, Petros ^a   Hacker, Hans Walter ^a   Darge, Kassa ^b   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Küper, Klaus ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a   Schlemmer, Heinz Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Kidney function; Nephrography; Urography

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY DUPLICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; RENOGRAPHY; URETER DILATATION; URINARY EXCRETION; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745030301     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0182-9     Document Type: Article

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