The diagnostic value of magnetic resonance urography using a balanced turbo field echo sequence

Cifci E., Coban G., Cicek T., Gonulalan U.

EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY, vol.26, no.12, pp.4624-4631, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00330-016-4256-z
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.4624-4631
  • Keywords: Balanced-turbo field echo, Diagnosis, Flank pain, Magnetic resonance urography, Ureteral calculus, ACUTE FLANK PAIN, SPIRAL COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, MR UROGRAPHY, HELICAL CT
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The aim of the study was to compare the inter-observer variability and the accuracy of magnetic resonance urography (MRU) using a thin sectional balanced-turbo field echo (B-TFE) sequence for detecting ureteral calculi and to determine the effect of additional factors (size, density and location of the calculus) on the sensitivity and specificity of the MRU.