The feasibility of using microwave-induced thermoacoustic tomography for detection and evaluation of renal calculi

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5203-5212

  Cao, Caijun ^a   Nie, Liming ^a   Lou, Cunguang ^a   Xing, Da ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; URIC ACID;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM OXALATE; CHICKENS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MICROWAVES; TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URIC ACID;

EID: 78149345377     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/17/020     Document Type: Article

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