Determination of Renal Stone Composition with Dual-Energy Computed Tomography: An Emerging Application

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-320

  Eliahou, Ruth ^a   Hidas, Guy ^a   Duvdevani, Mordechai ^a   Sosna, Jacob ^a,b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMMONIUM MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE; APATITE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CITRIC ACID; CYSTINE; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; URIC ACID; WEDDELLITE; WHEWELLITE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTINURIA; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GOUT; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STONE FORMATION; URIC ACID STONE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE PH; UROLITHIASIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM; CYSTINE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URIC ACID; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77955326772     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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