Utility of cine MR urography of the urinary tract and comparison with static MR urography

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 212-217

  Tsubota, Masako ^a   Takahara, Taro ^a   Nitatori, Toshiaki ^a   Hachiya, Junichi ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cine MRU; MR urography; T2 weighted; Ureter; Ureteral stenosis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE UROGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE UROGRAPHY; URETER DILATATION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URETER; URETERAL CALCULI; URETERAL DISEASES; URETERAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4644340641     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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