Can Shear-Wave Elastography be Used to Discriminate Obstructive Hydronephrosis from Nonobstructive Hydronephrosis in Children?

Jonathan R. Dillman,Ethan A. Smith,Matthew S. Davenport,Michael A. DiPietro,Ramon Sanchez,Kate H. Kraft,Richard K.J. Brown,Jonathan M. Rubin

Can Shear-Wave Elastography be Used to Discriminate Obstructive Hydronephrosis from Nonobstructive Hydronephrosis in Children?

2015

Jonathan R. Dillman
Ethan A. Smith
Matthew S. Davenport
Michael A. DiPietro
Ramon Sanchez
Kate H. Kraft
Richard K.J. Brown
Jonathan M. Rubin

US shear-wave speed measurements did not enable discrimination of obstructive from unobstructive hydronephrosis in children, with dynamic renal scintigraphy as the reference standard.

Keywords:

Elastography
Scintigraphy
Radiology
Pathology
Hydronephrosis
Medicine
shear wave elastography
reference standards
renal scintigraphy

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