Stones: Impact of dose reduction on CT detection of urolithiasis

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 526-527

  Ather, M Hammad ^a   Memon, Wasim A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROLITHIASIS;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 70349972120     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2009.196     Document Type: Article

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