Fung Kwai Ching. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves i-ix (last gp.)). / Acknowledgement --- p.i / Legend for graphs --- p.ii-iii / Legend for pictures --- p.iv / Legend for diagrams --- p.v / Legend for tables --- p.vi / Abstract --- p.vii-viii / Introduction --- p.1-17 / Chapter 1 --- Known Anatomy and Physiology --- p.1-2 / Chapter 2 --- The Nephron --- p.3-4 / Chapter 3 --- Renal Vasculature --- p.5-7 / Chapter 4 --- Summary of renal anatomy from infancy to children from review of literature --- p.8 / Chapter 5 --- Function of the kidney --- p.9-17 / Imaging Background --- p.18-23 / Chapter 1 --- Neonates and infants kidneys- sonographic appearance of echogenicity --- p.18-19 / Chapter 2 --- Prominence of medullary pyramicd (MP) --- p.20-21 / Chapter 3 --- Morphometric Studies --- p.22-23 / Aim of Study --- p.24 / Method --- p.24-41 / Chapter 1 --- Method --- p.24-30 / Chapter 2 --- """Limitations"" to the technique" --- p.30-34 / Chapter 3 --- Establishing the technique --- p.35-41 / Results --- p.42-62 / Chapter 1 --- Comparison of kidney length with age --- p.42-44 / Chapter 2 --- Corticomedullary and age relationship --- p.45-48 / Chapter 3 --- Medullary thickness correlated with age --- p.48-52 / Chapter 4 --- Sum of the cortical thickness and medullary thickness versus kidney length --- p.53-54 / Chapter 5 --- Compare CMR with kidney length and --- p.55-56 / Chapter 6 --- CMR versus age --- p.57-59 / Chapter 7 --- Mean of CMR related to age group --- p.57-59 / Chapter 8 --- Compare CMR with kidney length and age --- p.60 / Chapter 9 --- Compare gender and CMR --- p.60-61 / Chapter 10 --- Compare laterality and CMR --- p.60 / Result summary --- p.62 / Discussion --- p.63-84 / Chapter 1 --- Cortex --- p.63-65 / Chapter 1.1 --- Cortex: anatomy --- p.66-67 / Chapter 1.2 --- Cortex: physiology --- p.67-76 / Chapter 2 --- Medulla --- p.76-81 / Chapter 2.1 --- Medulla: anatomy --- p.76 / Chapter 2.2 --- Medulla: physiology --- p.76-81 / Chapter 3 --- "Corticomedullary ratio, CMR" --- p.82-83 / Chapter 4 --- CMR and Kidney Length --- p.83 / Chapter 5 --- "The CMR, Kidney Length and Age" --- p.83 / Chapter 6 --- Corticomedullary Ratio and its relationship to actual corticomedullary volume ratio --- p.84 / Chapter 7 --- "Laterality, Sex of the subjects" --- p.84 / Implications --- p.84-94 / Clinical pathological cases and corticomedullary ratio CMR --- p.90-94 / Conclusion --- p.94-95 / Appendix --- p.96-103 / Chapter 1 --- Morphologic Development and Anatomy of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract --- p.96-98 / Chapter 2 --- Renal Perfusion and Glomerular Filtration --- p.99-101 / Chapter 3 --- Classification of renal diseases --- p.102-103 / References