Kidney X Ray Ivp. Test because contrast media molecules are quickly removed from the bloodstream and excreted totally by our normal kidney. An intravenous pyelogram ivp is a type of x ray that looks at your kidneys and bladder and the ducts ureters that connect them.
No radiation remains in a patient s body after an x ray examination. The common x ray examination of the urinary system is the intravenous urogram. This helps your health care team find problems in the urinary tract.
The intravenous urogram.
While you are lying face up on the x ray table dye is injected through an iv placed in a vein. In adults the normal kidney is 10 14 cm long in males and 9 13 cm long in females 3 5 cm wide 3 cm in antero posterior thickness and weighs 150 260 g. An ivp can often provide enough information about kidney stones and urinary tract obstructions to direct treatment with medication and avoid more invasive surgical procedures. An intravenous pyelogram ivp is a type of x ray that looks at your kidneys and bladder and the ducts ureters that connect them.