Understanding multislice CT urography techniques: Many roads lead to Rome

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2670-2686

  Nolte Ernsting, Claus ^a   Cowan, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kidney; Multislice computed tomography; Urinary tract; Urography; Urothelium

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; GADOLINIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 33847111782     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0386-z     Document Type: Article

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