Evaluation and follow-up of patients with urinary lithiasis: Minimizing radiation exposure

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 80-86

  Hyams, Elias S ^a   Shah, Ojas ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Kidney stones; Nephrolithiasis; Radiation; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RENOGRAPHY; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UROGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 77952240526     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-010-0092-x     Document Type: Review

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