Nondestructive analysis of urinary calculi using micro computed tomography

BMC Urology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Zarse, Chad A ^a   McAteer, James A ^a   Sommer, Andre J ^b   Kim, Samuel C ^c   Hatt, Erin K ^a   Lingeman, James E ^c   Evan, Andrew P ^a   Williams Jr , James C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; HYDROXYAPATITE; MINERAL; STRUVITE; URIC ACID; WEDDELLITE; WHEWELLITE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UROLITHIASIS; X RAY;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CYSTINE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URIC ACID; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 33751376905     PISSN: 14712490     EISSN: 14712490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2490-4-15     Document Type: Article

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