Diagnostic performance of low-dose CT for the detection of urolithiasis: A meta-analysis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 396-401

  Niemann, Tilo ^a   Kollmann, Thilo ^a   Bongartz, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CT; Genitourinary imaging; Kidney stones; Low dose CT; Urinary tract; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UROLITHIASIS;

HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 49149085629     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3414     Document Type: Article

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