Comparison of kidney-ureter-bladder abdominal radiography and computed tomography scout films for identifying renal calculi

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 670-673

  Johnston, Richard ^a   Lin, Anthony ^a   Du, Jason ^a   Mark, Stephen ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; KUB; Renal colic; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FILM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY URETER BLADDER ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; TOPOGRAPHY; URETER; UROLOGY;

COLIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETER; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CALCULI; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 68849098078     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08542.x     Document Type: Article

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