Current use of computed tomographic urography: Survey of the society of uroradiology

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-100

  Townsend, Brent A ^a   Silverman, Stuart G ^a   Mortele, Koenraad J ^a   Tuncali, Kemal ^a   Cohan, Richard H ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

CT urography; Multidetector row CT

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

'CURRENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC UROGRAPHY; CONTRAST MATERIAL; MULTI-DETECTORS; MULTIDETECTOR-ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

SURVEYS;

BARIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHIC UROGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; E-MAIL; INTERNET; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; SUPINE POSITION; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYSICIAN; RADIOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; RADIOLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGY;

EID: 62149098017     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318168f71e     Document Type: Article

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