Magnetic resonance and computed tomography in pediatric urology. An imaging overview for current and future daily practice.

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 583-598

  Darge, Kassa ^a   Higgins, Mikhail ^b,c   Hwang, Tiffany J ^b   Delgado, Jorge ^b   Shukla, Assem ^d   Bellah, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; CT; CT cystography; MR imaging; MR urography; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; BLADDER INJURY; BLADDER TUMOR; CALYCEAL DIVERTICULUM; CHILD UROLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; ECTOPIC URETER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RENOVASCULAR INJURY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; UROGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS;

CHILDREN; CT; CT CYSTOGRAPHY; MR IMAGING; MR UROGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT;

CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 84880011543     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2013.03.004     Document Type: Review

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