Characterization of urinary stones with dual-energy CT: Improved differentiation using a tin filter

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Stolzmann, Paul ^a   Leschka, Sebastian ^a   Scheffel, Hans ^a   Rentsch, Katharina ^a   Baumüller, Stephan ^a   Desbiolles, Lotus ^a   Schmidt, Bernhard ^b   Marincek, Borut ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Crystallography; Dual energy; Ex vivo; Uric acid; Urinary stone

Indexed keywords

TIN; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRIEDMAN TEST; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 74049135424     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181b9dbed     Document Type: Article

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