Distinguishing pelvic phleboliths from distal ureteral calculi: Thin-slice CT findings

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-70

  Arac, Mehmet ^a   Celik, Halil ^a   Oner, A Yusuf ^a   Gultekin, Serap ^a   Gumus, Terman ^a   Kosar, Sule ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central lucency; Phlebolith; Roundness; Thin slice CT; Ureteral stone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER STONE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LITHIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 12144280829     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2511-1     Document Type: Article

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