MR urography in children. Part 2: How to use ImageJ MR urography processing software

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 739-746

  Vivier, Pierre Hugues ^a,b   Dolores, Michael ^a   Taylor, Melissa ^c   Dacher, Jean Nicolas ^a,b  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Computer assisted; Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging; MR; Renography; Software; Urography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FUROSEMIDE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TRACER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD UROLOGY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; KIDNEY SIZE; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RUTLAND PATLAK PLOT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TIME; URINARY EXCRETION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 77951499029     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1536-7     Document Type: Article

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