Optimizing detectability of renal pathology with MDCT: Protocols, pearls, and pitfalls

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1001-1012

  Johnson, Pamela T ^a   Horton, Karen M ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

3D rendering; CT; Genitourinary imaging; Pathology; Protocol

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTIC KIDNEY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE ANEURYSM; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TUMOR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOGRAPHY; PYELONEPHRITIS; RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; RENOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STENT; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UROGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KIDNEY DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950612254     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3049     Document Type: Review

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