Role of diffusion-weighted MRI in acute pyelonephritis: A prospective study

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 244-249

  Rathod, Santosh B ^a   Kumbhar, Sachin S ^a   Nanivadekar, Avinash ^a   Aman, Kumar ^b  

^a Ruby Hall Clinic ^*  (India)

^b BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acute pyelonephritis; Diffusion; Renal abscess

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED CT; CORTICAL PARENCHYMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENAL ABSCESS; ROLE OF DIFFUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMPHYSEMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ABSCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYELONEPHRITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925581609     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185114520862     Document Type: Article

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