Contrast enhanced ultrasound of renal diseases

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 232-237

  Barozzi, Libero ^a   Valentino, Massimo ^a   Bertolotto, Michele ^b   Pavlica, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrtasonography (CEUS); Renal diseases

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUMOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RENOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES;

EID: 79951634515     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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