Urinary calculi: Improved detection and characterization with thin-slice multidetector CT

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-165

  Ketelslegers, Etienne ^a   Van Beers, Bernard E ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calculi; Computed tomography; Kidney; Reconstructed slice thickness; Ureter

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROLITHIASIS;

HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 30844472231     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2813-y     Document Type: Article

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