Helical CT of urinary calculi: Effect of stone composition, stone size, and scan collimation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 329-332

  Chee Saw, K ^a,b   McAteer, James A ^a   Monga, Ashish G ^b   Chua, Gonzalo T ^a   Lingeman, James E ^a   Williams Jr , James C ^a  

^a METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CYSTINE; HYDROXYAPATITE; STRUVITE; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STONE ANALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0342656568     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.175.2.1750329     Document Type: Article

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