Modern diagnostic assessment of the upper urinary tract using multislice CT urography;Moderne diagnostik des oberen harntraktes mittels mehrschicht-CT-urographie

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1086-1094

  Kemper, Jörn ^a   Adam, G ^a   Nolte Ernsting, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); CT urography; Genitourinary system; Multi detector row; Transitional cell carcinoma; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; URETER CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845391779     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-926957     Document Type: Review

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