Hounsfield units on computed tomography predict calcium stone subtype composition

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-180

  Patel, Sutchin R ^a   Haleblian, George ^a   Zabbo, August ^a   Pareek, Gyan ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Computed tomography; Hounsfield units; Nephrolithiasis; Stone composition

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CYSTEINE; URIC ACID; WEDDELLITE; WHEWELLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM STONE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STONE ANALYSIS; URETEROSCOPY;

CALCIUM; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 70349285261     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000230020     Document Type: Article

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