Limitations of Noncontrast CT for Measuring Ureteral Stones

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 851-854

  Van Appledorn, Scott ^a   Ball, Adam J ^a   Patel, Vipul R ^a   Kim, Sandy ^a   Leveillee, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY COLIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; URETER STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0347356647     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089277903772036127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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