Multidetector computed tomography urography (MDCTU) for diagnosing urothelial malignancy

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 324-332

  Anderson, E M ^a   Murphy, R ^a   Rennie, A T M ^a   Cowan, N C ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; IOPAMIDOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; IONIZING RADIATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CYST; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS CANCER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URETER CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALICES; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 33847107574     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.10.008     Document Type: Review

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