Ultrasound-based imaging methods of the kidney—recent developments

Kidney International

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1199-1210

  Correas, Jean Michel ^a,b,c   Anglicheau, Dany ^a,b,d   Joly, Dominique ^a,b   Gennisson, Jean Luc ^c   Tanter, Mickael ^c   Hélénon, Olivier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INSTITUT NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

chronic allograft nephropathy; chronic kidney disease; kidney biopsy

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI STATIC ELASTOGRAPHY; RENAL ELASTOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; MICROBUBBLE;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MICROBUBBLES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84994496419     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2016.06.042     Document Type: Review

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