Does a full bladder aid upper tract visualization in magnetic resonance urography?

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 362-364

  Colville, J A C ^a   Killeen, R P M ^a   Buckley, O ^a   Geoghegan, T ^a   Regan, F ^a   Hamilton, S ^a   Torreggiani, W C ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bladder; Magnetic resonance urography; MRI; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UROGRAPHY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 34447334543     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01724.x     Document Type: Article

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