TY - JOUR
T1 - Spiral (helical) CT of the renal vasculature
AU - Rubin, Geoffrey D.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine. Stanford, CA. Supported in part by a General Electric/Radiologieal Society of North America Scholar Award and a General Electric A UR Radiology Research Academic Fellowshtp A ward. Address reprint requests to Geoffrey D. Rubin. MD. Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine. Stanford, CA 94305-5105. Copyright © 1996 by W.B. Saunders Company 0887-2171/96/1704-000955. 00/0
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The renal arteries are among the most challenging of the major aortic branches to image with spiral CT. Optimization of CT acquisition parameters is critical to creating diagnostic renal CT angiograms. When careful attention is paid to prescribing these examinations, renal CT angiography can be a very useful, noninvasive alternative to conventional angiography for the assessment of renal artery stenosis, screening of potential renal donors, planning repair of ureteropelvic junction stenoses, and identification of relevant renal artery relationships to abdominal aortic lesions. This review outlines important technical considerations for performing renal CT angiography and examines currently published data on the utility of spiral CT in a variety of clinical conditions.
AB - The renal arteries are among the most challenging of the major aortic branches to image with spiral CT. Optimization of CT acquisition parameters is critical to creating diagnostic renal CT angiograms. When careful attention is paid to prescribing these examinations, renal CT angiography can be a very useful, noninvasive alternative to conventional angiography for the assessment of renal artery stenosis, screening of potential renal donors, planning repair of ureteropelvic junction stenoses, and identification of relevant renal artery relationships to abdominal aortic lesions. This review outlines important technical considerations for performing renal CT angiography and examines currently published data on the utility of spiral CT in a variety of clinical conditions.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0887-2171(96)90024-4
DO - 10.1016/S0887-2171(96)90024-4
M3 - Review article
C2 - 8858776
AN - SCOPUS:0029785019
VL - 17
SP - 374
EP - 397
JO - Seminars in Ultrasound
JF - Seminars in Ultrasound
SN - 0887-2171
IS - 4
ER -