Loss of urocystolith architectural clarity during in vivo radiographic simulation versus in vitro visualization

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-246

  Weichselbaum, Ralph C ^a   Feeney, Daniel A ^a   Jessen, Carl R ^a   Osborne, Carl A ^a   Dreytser, Vladimere ^b,c   Holte, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystography; Internal architecture; Shape; Surface; Urolith

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER STONE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER CALCULI;

EID: 0034184037     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2000.tb01486.x     Document Type: Article

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