CT Urography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  O'Connor, Owen J ^a   Maher, Michael M ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CT urography; Hematuria

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY MASS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 78649694257     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4198     Document Type: Review

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