Contemporary imaging of the renal mass

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-17

  Kang, Stella K ^a   Kim, Danny ^a   Chandarana, Hersh ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Renal cell carcinoma; Renal mass; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79551532728     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-010-0148-y     Document Type: Article

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