MDCT urography: Retrospective determination of optimal delay time after intravenous contrast administration

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1667-1674

  Meindl, Thomas ^a   Coppenrath, Eva ^a   Kahlil, Rami ^a   Müller Lisse, Ulrike L ^b   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Müller Lisse, Ullrich G ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Genitourinary system; Kidney; Ureter; Urography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UROGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 33745863431     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0149-x     Document Type: Article

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