Evaluation of the accuracy of 3-dimensional ultrasonography of the kidney using an in vitro renal model

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-162

  John, Babbin S ^a,b   Rowland, David ^a   Patel, Uday ^a   Pilcher, James ^a   Anson, Ken ^a   Nassiri, Dariush ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRCS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 dimensional imaging; Imaging phantoms; Interventional ultrasonography; Kidney calices; Kidney pelvis; Measurement; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENTS; TISSUE;

3-DIMENSIONAL; IMAGING PHANTOMS; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; KIDNEY CALICES; KIDNEY PELVIS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CALYX; PELVIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KIDNEY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 64349100411     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.2.155     Document Type: Article

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