Time-resolved dynamic contrast-enhanced MR urography for the evaluation of ureteral peristalsis: Initial experience

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1293-1298

  Kim, Sooah ^a   Jacob, Jason S ^a   Kim, Danny C ^a   Rivera, Rafael ^a   Lim, Ruth P ^a   Lee, Vivian S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diuretics; MR urography; Peristalsis; Ureter

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URETER PERISTALSIS; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; UROGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER; URETERAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55749090022     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21567     Document Type: Article

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