MR Urography: Technique and Results for the Evaluation of Urinary Obstruction in the Pediatric Population

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 643-660

  Grattan Smith, J Damien ^a,b   Jones, Richard A ^a,b  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydronephrosis; MR urography; Ureteropelvic junction obstruction; Urinary tract obstruction

Indexed keywords

EDETATE CHROMIUM CR 51; FUROSEMIDE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG CLEARANCE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PEDIATRICS; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 53149135100     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2008.07.003     Document Type: Review

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