Open AccessDetermination of Single-Kidney Glomerular Filtration Rate in Human Subjects by Using CT
Author(s) -
Soon Hyo Kwon,
Ahmed Saad,
Joerg Herrmann,
Stephen C. Textor,
Lilach O. Lerman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.118
H-Index - 295
eISSN - 1527-1315
pISSN - 0033-8419
DOI - 10.1148/radiol.2015141892
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , urology , kidney , renal artery stenosis , reproducibility , renovascular hypertension , stenosis , nuclear medicine , renal artery , statistics , mathematics
To test the hypothesis that computed tomography (CT)-derived measurements of single-kidney glomerular filtration rate (GFR) obtained in human subjects with 64-section CT agree with those obtained with iothalamate clearance, a rigorous reference standard.