Radiology of Urolithiasis: Implications of Radiation Exposure and New Imaging Modalities

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-51

  Zagoria, Ronald J ^a   Dixon, Robert L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Multidetector computed tomography; Radiation dose; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIUM OXALATE STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; URIC ACID STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 57449099844     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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