In vivo identification of uric acid stones with dual-energy CT: Diagnostic performance evaluation in patients

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 629-635

  Stolzmann, Paul ^a   Kozomara, Marko ^a   Chuck, Natalie ^a   Müntener, Michael ^a   Leschka, Sebastian ^a   Scheffel, Hans ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Crystallography; Dual energy; In vivo; Uric acid; Urinary stone

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URIC ACID STONE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URIC ACID; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 78651253675     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-009-9569-9     Document Type: Article

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