Renal transit time with MR urography in children

Radiology

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-50

  Jones, Richard A ^a,b   Perez Brayfield, Marcos R ^a,b   Kirsch, Andrew J ^a,b   Grattan Smith, J Damien ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Children, genitourinary system; Kidney, MR; Radionuclide imaging, in infants and children; Radionuclide imaging, transit studies; Urography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FUROSEMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE UROGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RENOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UROGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIURETICS; FEMALE; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; KIDNEY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROC CURVE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 4644288177     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2331031117     Document Type: Article

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