CT in Ureterolithiasis with a Radiation Dose Equal to Intravenous Urography: Results in 209 Patients;CT der Ureterolithiasis mit der Strahlendosis einer Ausscheidungsurographie: Ergebnisse bei 209 Patienten

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 175, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1667-1672

  Knopfle E ^a   Hamm, M ^a   Wartenberg, S ^a   Bohndorf, K ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), helical; Radiation, exposure to patients and personnel; Radiation, measurement; Renal colic; Ureteral calculi; Urography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER STONE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0346991915     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-45324     Document Type: Article

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