Does ultra-low-dose CT with a radiation dose equivalent to that of KUB suffice to detect renal and ureteral calculi?

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-50

  Kluner, Claudia ^a   Hein, Patrick A ^a   Gratta, Oliver ^a   Hein, Eike ^a   Hamm, Bernd ^a   Romano, Valentina ^a   Rogalla, Patrik ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Exposure to patients and personnel; Radiation; Renal calculi; Ultrasonography (US); Ureteral calculi

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; DOSE EQUIVALENT; EXPOSURE TO PATIENT AND PERSONNEL; LOW DOSE; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUMBER AND SIZE; RENAL CALCULI; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URETERAL CALCULI;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STONE ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; URETER STONE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 30144445775     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000191685.58838.ef     Document Type: Article

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