Urinary calculi composed of uric acid, cystine, and mineral salts: Differentiation with dual-energy CT at a radiation dose comparable to that of intravenous pyelography

Radiology

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 402-409

  Thomas, Christoph ^a   Heuschmid, Martin ^a   Schilling, David ^a   Ketelsen, Dominik ^a   Tsiflikas, Ilias ^a   Stenzl, Arnulf ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Schlemmer, Heinz Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; APATITE CARBONATE; CYSTINE; STRUVITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEWELLITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CALCIUM STONE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER; URETER CALCINOSIS; URETER DISEASE; URETERORENOSCOPY; URIC ACID STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 77958566210     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10100526     Document Type: Article

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