Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography for the detection of crossing renal vessels in children with symptomatic ureteropelvic junction obstruction: Comparison with operative findings

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 356-361

  Calder, Alistair D ^a   Hiorns, Melanie P ^a   Abhyankar, Aruna ^a   Mushtaq, Imran ^a   Olsen, Oystein E ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Hydronephrosis; MR angiography; Renal artery; Renal vein

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; URETER FIBROSIS; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KIDNEY PELVIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33847769959     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0416-2     Document Type: Article

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