| Current use of computed tomographic urography: survey of the society of uroradiology. | |
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PMID: 19188794 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To determine uroradiologists' opinions and practices regarding computed tomographic (CT) urography. METHODS: A Web-based survey was sent via e-mail to all 259 members of the Society of Uroradiology. Of the 229 successfully delivered e-mails, 90 (39%) members responded. RESULTS: Of 90 uroradiologists, 87% perform CT urography. Compared with intravenous (IV) urography, 69% of uroradiologists use CT urography more than 75% of the time urinary tract imaging is requested; 27% stated that CT urography has completely replaced IV urography. Most uroradiologists perform CT urography using multidetector-row CT alone (79%) and use a 3-phase technique (52%) using a single injection (76%) of contrast material at 3 mL/s (52%) without a compression device (81%) and with the patient in supine position (80%). CONCLUSIONS: Most uroradiologists use CT urography in their practice today; some no longer perform IV urography. Variability in multidetector-row CT technique suggests that more research is needed to determine the optimal protocol. |
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Authors:
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Brent A Townsend; Stuart G Silverman; Koenraad J Mortele; Kemal Tuncali; Richard H Cohan |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of computer assisted tomography Volume: 33 ISSN: 1532-3145 ISO Abbreviation: J Comput Assist Tomogr Publication Date: 2009 Jan-Feb |
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Created Date: 2009-02-03 Completed Date: 2009-03-16 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7703942 Medline TA: J Comput Assist Tomogr Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 96-100 Citation Subset: IM |
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Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. btownsend@partners.org |
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Attitude of Health Personnel* Data Collection Physician's Practice Patterns / statistics & numerical data* Physicians / statistics & numerical data* Radiology / statistics & numerical data* Societies, Medical* United States Urography / trends, utilization* Urology / statistics & numerical data* |
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