title: Digital imaging of the kidney.
abstract: In this article, various aspects of digital subtraction angiography (DSA) are reviewed, including equipment and imaging methods; clinical results in the investigation of hypertension, hematuria, and renal masses, for evaluation of renal transplant donors and recipients, and for post-therapeutic evaluation; adjunctive nephropyelography; renal functional imaging; solutions to problems in performing renal DSA; and future considerations.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000792:Angiography / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003201:Computers; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014481:United States; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging