Coronal reconstruction of unenhanced abdominal CT for correct ureteral stone size classification

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1047-1051

  Berkovitz, Nadav ^a   Simanovsky, Natalia ^a   Katz, Ran ^a   Salama, Shaden ^a   Hiller, Nurith ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calculi; Computed tomography; Renal colic; Ureter; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URETER STONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 77952097805     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1636-7     Document Type: Review

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