OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to use clinical scenarios to explore aspects of
ionizing radiation imparted to patients undergoing CT examinations. Examination …

Purpose: Patients presenting with microhematuria represent a heterogeneous population
with a broad spectrum of risk for genitourinary malignancy. Recognizing that patient-specific …

Purpose: The AUA (American Urological Association) guidelines for asymptomatic
microscopic hematuria recommend that patients undergo computerized tomography …

Importance Microhematuria (MH) is a common finding that often leads to further evaluation
for urinary tract cancers. There is ongoing debate about the extent to which patients with MH …

Objective To determine the sensitivity of dual-energy (DE) virtual non-contrast computed
tomography (vNCT), generated from the excretory phase of a CT urogram, compared to true …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to compare CT urography (CTU) with unenhanced
CT in the evaluation of upper urinary tracts in adults younger than 50 years with …

Purpose: Microhematuria is a highly prevalent condition with a low associated risk of
urothelial and upper tract malignancy. The AUA Guidelines recently changed …

Objective The STONE score is a clinical prediction rule for the presence of uncomplicated
ureter stones with a low probability of acutely important alternative findings. This study …

Objective To calculate the prevalence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), upper urinary tract
urothelial carcinoma (UT-UC), and lower urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (LT-UC) in …

Purpose The aim of this pictorial essay is to demonstrate several cases where the diagnosis
would have been difficult or impossible without the excretory phase image of CT urography …