Pediatric uroradiology: State of the art

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-91

  Darge, Kassa ^c   Grattan Smith, J Damien ^a   Riccabona, Michael ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Child; CT; Fluoroscopy; MRI; Urinary tract; US

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY;

CHILD; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; RADIOLOGY; UROLOGY;

EID: 78751637393     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1644-4     Document Type: Review

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