Helical CT for Nephrolithiasis and Ureterolithiasis: Comparison of Conventional and Reduced Radiation-Dose Techniques

Radiology

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 575-580

  Heneghan, Joan P ^a   McGuire, Keith A ^b   Leder, Richard A ^b   DeLong, David M ^b   Yoshizumi, Terry ^b   Nelson, Rendon C ^b  

^a WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), helical; Kidney, calculi; Phantoms; Radiations, exposure to patients and personnel; Ureter, calculi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; URETER STONE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 0142209430     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2292021261     Document Type: Article

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