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Computed tomography urography, three-dimensional computed tomography and virtual endoscopy.

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Delvecchio, FC; Auge, BK; Weizer, AZ; Brizuela, RM; Silverstein, AD; Pietrow, PK; Heneghan, JP; Preminger, GM
Published in: Curr Opin Urol
March 2002

Spiral computed tomography technology allows an entire body region to be imaged as a continuous volume of computed tomography data. The acquisition of genitourinary images can be performed at different intervals after intravenous contrast injection in order to characterize the renal vasculature, the renal parenchyma or the collecting system. Computed tomography scanning as contrast is excreted into the collecting system is termed a 'computed tomography urogram'. Volumetric data from spiral computed tomography can be rendered into conventional two-dimensional images or even reformatted into three-dimensional views of organ systems or hollow structures, as in 'fly-through' virtual endoscopy. Although virtual endoscopy of the urinary tract remains in its infancy, three-dimensional imaging is currently a useful adjunct in the evaluation of renal transplant and donor patients and partial nephrectomy candidates. The role of computed tomography urography compared with intravenous urography in the evaluation of hematuria is discussed.

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Curr Opin Urol

DOI

EISSN

1473-6586

Publication Date

March 2002

Volume

12

Issue

2

Start / End Page

137 / 142

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Urology & Nephrology
  • Urography
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed
  • Humans
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
 

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Delvecchio, F. C., Auge, B. K., Weizer, A. Z., Brizuela, R. M., Silverstein, A. D., Pietrow, P. K., … Preminger, G. M. (2002). Computed tomography urography, three-dimensional computed tomography and virtual endoscopy. Curr Opin Urol, 12(2), 137–142. https://doi.org/10.1097/00042307-200203000-00010
Delvecchio, Fernando C., Brian K. Auge, Alon Z. Weizer, Ricardo M. Brizuela, Ari D. Silverstein, Paul K. Pietrow, Joan P. Heneghan, and Glenn M. Preminger. “Computed tomography urography, three-dimensional computed tomography and virtual endoscopy.Curr Opin Urol 12, no. 2 (March 2002): 137–42. https://doi.org/10.1097/00042307-200203000-00010.
Delvecchio FC, Auge BK, Weizer AZ, Brizuela RM, Silverstein AD, Pietrow PK, et al. Computed tomography urography, three-dimensional computed tomography and virtual endoscopy. Curr Opin Urol. 2002 Mar;12(2):137–42.
Delvecchio, Fernando C., et al. “Computed tomography urography, three-dimensional computed tomography and virtual endoscopy.Curr Opin Urol, vol. 12, no. 2, Mar. 2002, pp. 137–42. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00042307-200203000-00010.
Delvecchio FC, Auge BK, Weizer AZ, Brizuela RM, Silverstein AD, Pietrow PK, Heneghan JP, Preminger GM. Computed tomography urography, three-dimensional computed tomography and virtual endoscopy. Curr Opin Urol. 2002 Mar;12(2):137–142.

Published In

Curr Opin Urol

DOI

EISSN

1473-6586

Publication Date

March 2002

Volume

12

Issue

2

Start / End Page

137 / 142

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Urology & Nephrology
  • Urography
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed
  • Humans
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services