In vitro prediction of canine urolith mineral composition using computed tomographic mean beam attenuation measurements

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-197

  Pressler, Barrak M ^a   Mohammadian, Lenore A ^a   Li, Erning ^a   Vaden, Shelly L ^a   Levine, Jay F ^a   Mathews, Kyle G ^a   Robertson, Ian D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam attenuation; Calcium oxalate; Computed tomography; Dog; Hounsfield units; Struvite; Uric acid; Urolith

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CALCIUM OXALATE; MINERAL; STRUVITE; URIC ACID; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; UROLITHIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DOG; EVALUATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM OXALATE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URIC ACID; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 3042849244     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2004.04032.x     Document Type: Article

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