Analysis of renal calculi structure with the use of X-ray microtomography

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 382-385

  Tatoń, Grzegorz ^a   Rokita, E ^a,b   Wrobel A ^b   Beckmann, F ^c   Thor, P ^a   Worek, M ^d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d St Lukas Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Image histogram; Kidney calculi; Micro tomography; Urinary stone analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOPHYSICS; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; PATHOLOGY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALCIUM OXALATES; GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS; IMAGE HISTOGRAMS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; RESOLUTION LEVEL; URINARY STONES; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 77950178918     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03882-2_101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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