Planning percutaneous nephrolithotomy using multidetector computed tomography urography, multiplanar reconstruction and three-dimensional reformatting

BJU International

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1280-1284

  Thiruchelvam, Nikesh ^a,b   Mostafid, Hugh ^a   Ubhayakar, Gaurang ^a  

^a NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; CT urography; Percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; IOPAMIDOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY PELVIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; NEPHROSTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UROGRAPHY;

DIURETICS; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY CALCULI; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20444370682     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05519.x     Document Type: Article

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