Unenhanced helical CT using increased pitch for suspected renal colic: An effective technique for radiation dose reduction?

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 795-801

  Diel, Jack ^a   Perlmutter, Steven ^a   Venkataramanan, N ^a   Mueller, Richard ^a   Lane, Michael J ^b   Katz, Douglas S ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Kidneys, diseases; Radiation dose; Renal colic; Ureteral calculi

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY;

CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGE; HELICAL CT; KIDNEY DISEASE; PHANTOMS; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTIONS; RENAL COLIC; URETERAL CALCULI; URETERAL STONE;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; URETER STONE;

EID: 0034467576     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200009000-00023     Document Type: Article

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