Analysis of urinary stone components by x-ray coherent scatter: Characterizing composition beyond laboratory x-ray diffractometry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3773-3786

  Davidson, Melanie T M ^a,b   Batchelar, Deidre L ^c   Velupillai, Sujeevan ^a   Denstedt, John D ^b   Cunningham, Ian A ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DIFFRACTOMETERS; PATIENT MONITORING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; URINARY CALCULI; URINARY STONE COMPONENTS; X-RAY COHERENT SCATTER;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LABORATORY TEST; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROLITHIASIS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TUNGSTEN; URINARY CALCULI; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAYS;

EID: 23744486542     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/16/008     Document Type: Article

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