The Role of Imaging in the Investigation of Painless Hematuria in Adults

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 258-270

  O'Regan, Kevin N ^a,b   O'Connor, Owen J ^a   McLoughlin, Patrick ^a   Maher, Michael M ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; GADOLINIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG MECHANISM; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY;

CYSTOSCOPY; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 67649891092     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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