CT perfusion technique for assessment of early kidney allograft dysfunction: Preliminary results

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2475-2481

  Helck, A ^a   Wessely, M ^a   Notohamiprodjo, M ^a   Schonermarck U ^a   Klotz, E ^b   Fischereder, M ^a   Schon F ^a   Nikolaou, K ^a   Clevert, D A ^a   Reiser, M ^a   Becker, C ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Acute tubular necrosis; CT perfusion; Renal blood flow; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IOMEPROL;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULAR NECROSIS, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PERFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84882237153     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2862-6     Document Type: Article

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