Differentiation of renal neoplasms from high-density cysts: Use of attenuation changes between the corticomedullary and nephrographic phases of computed tomography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-41

  Zagoria, Ronald J ^a   Gasser, Tyler ^a   Leyendecker, John R ^a   Bechtold, Robert E ^a   Dyer, Raymond B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; CT; High density cyst; Renal cell carcinoma; Renal neoplasm

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS;

'CURRENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; HIGH-DENSITY CYST; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; INTERNAL CONTROLS; RENAL CELL CARCINOMA; RENAL NEOPLASM; SIMPLE++;

TUMORS;

IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY TUBULE; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STANDARD; TUMOR;

EID: 33846635441     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000235071.27185.c6     Document Type: Review

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