Renal Stone Detection Using Unenhanced Multidetector Row Computerized Tomography-Does Section Width Matter?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2767-2773

  Jin, Daniel H ^a   Lamberton, Gregory R ^a   Broome, Dale R ^a   Saaty, Hans ^a   Bhattacharya, Shravani ^a   Lindler, Tekisha U ^a   Baldwin, D Duane ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cadaver; diagnostic imaging; kidney; nephrolithiasis; tomography; x ray computed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPPA STATISTICS; MCNEMAR TEST; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CADAVER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY CALCULI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349283399     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.01.092     Document Type: Article

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