Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging of the Kidneys and the Urinary Tract

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 585-596

  Kim, Sooah ^a   Naik, Mohit ^a   Sigmund, Eric ^a   Taouli, Bachir ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Kidney; MR imaging; Renal function; Renal neoplasm

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANISOTROPY; BLADDER CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PAPILLA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 52949096168     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2008.07.006     Document Type: Review

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