Measuring stone surface area from a radiographic image is accurate and reproducible with the help of an imaging program

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-19

  Kurien, Abraham ^a   Ganpule, Arvind ^a   Muthu, V ^a   Sabnis, R B ^a   Desai, Mahesh ^a  

^a MULJIBHAI PATEL UROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 59349101561     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0341     Document Type: Article

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