Comprehensive evaluation of patients with suspected renal hypertension using MDCT: From protocol to interpretation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Tsai, I Chen ^a,b   Chen, Min Chi ^a,c   Lee, Wen Lieng ^a,b   Lin, Pao Chun ^a,c   Tsai, I Tzun ^d   Liao, Wan Chun ^a,c   Chen, Clayton Chi Chang ^a,c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging, adrenal glands; CT; Kidneys; Radiation dose; Renal artery stenosis; Renal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY THROMBOSIS; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65649154121     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1355     Document Type: Article

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