Noninvasive Differentiation of Uric Acid versus Non-Uric Acid Kidney Stones Using Dual-Energy CT

Academic Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1441-1447

  Primak, Andrew N ^a   Fletcher, Joel G ^a   Vrtiska, Terri J ^a   Dzyubak, Oleksandr P ^a   Lieske, John C ^a   Jackson, Molly E ^b   Williams Jr , James C ^b   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dual energy computed tomography; Kidney stones; renal calculi; uric acid; urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; CYSTINE; HYDROXYAPATITE; URIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ANIMALS; CADAVER; CALCIUM OXALATE; CYSTINE; DURAPATITE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY CALCULI; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URIC ACID;

EID: 36148936386     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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