Advances in Uroradiologic Imaging in Children

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-218

  Renjen, Pooja ^a   Bellah, Richard ^b   Hellinger, Jeffrey C ^c   Darge, Kassa ^d  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT angiography; CT urography; MR urography; Voiding urosonography

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SEDATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; UROGRAPHY; URORADIOLOGIC IMAGING; VOIDING UROSONOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 84859497866     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2012.02.003     Document Type: Review

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