Urinary calculi: Radiation dose reduction of 50% and 75% at CT - Effect on sensitivity

Radiology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-111

  Ciaschini, Michael W ^a   Remer, Erick M ^a   Baker, Mark E ^a   Lieber, Michael ^a   Herts, Brian R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLADDER STONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS; BODY BURDEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 64949128238     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2511081084     Document Type: Article

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