Multidetector row CT angiography of living related renal donors: Is there a need for venous phase imaging?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 442-452

  Namasivayam, Saravanan ^a   Kalra, Mannudeep K ^a   Waldrop, Sandra M ^a   Mittal, Pardeep K ^a   Small, William C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography (CT); Kidney; Multi detector row; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

KIDNEY; MULTI-DETECTOR ROW; TRANSPLANTATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPPA STATISTICS; KIDNEY VEIN; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEIN MALFORMATION; VENOUS CIRCULATION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL VEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748050790     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.03.018     Document Type: Article

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