Technical considerations in renal CT

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 863-875

  Lockhart, Mark E ^a   Smith, J Kevin ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0141629739     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(03)00065-4     Document Type: Review

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