The characterization of small hypoattenuating renal masses on contrast-enhanced CT

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-300

  Patel, Neesha S ^a   Poder, Liina ^a   Wang, Zhen J ^a   Yeh, Benjamin M ^a   Qayyum, Aliya ^a   Jin, Hua ^a   Coakley, Fergus V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Contrast enhancement; CT; Cysts; Kidney; Kidney neoplasms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CT; CYSTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

TUMORS;

DIATRIZOATE; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CYST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67449149949     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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