Pseudoenhancement of renal cysts: Influence of lesion size, lesion location, slice thickness, and number of MDCT detectors

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-137

  Tappouni, Rafel ^a   Kissane, Jennifer ^b   Sarwani, Nabeel ^a   Lehman, Erik B ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Pseudoenhancement; Renal cyst

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY INJURY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ROTATION; THICKNESS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84455209479     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.6057     Document Type: Article

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