Resin polymer and corrosion casting of the porcine pelvi-calyceal system: A useful model for investigating new imaging and endoscopic techniques of the upper urinary tract

Urological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-42

  John, Babbin ^a,b   Ghani, Khurshid R ^a   Patel, Uday ^a   Anson, Ken ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Ingleby House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casting; Endourology; Model; Polyester resin; Porcine kidney; Radiology

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; POLYESTER; POLYMER; RESIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY PELVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URINARY TRACT;

ANIMALS; CORROSION CASTING; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; POLYESTERS; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; SWINE; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGY;

EID: 39049105303     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-007-0123-3     Document Type: Article

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