In vivo evaluation of the chemical composition of urinary stones using dual-energy CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Manglaviti, Giuseppina ^a   Tresoldi, Silvia ^b   Guerrer, Chiara Stefania ^b   Di Leo, Giovanni ^c   Montanari, Emanuele ^b,d   Sardanelli, Francesco ^c,d   Cornalba, Gianpaolo ^b,d  

^a Centro Diagnostico Italiano   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystallography; Dual energy CT; Dual source CT; Kidney stones; Stone composition

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; CYSTINE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STONE; URETERORENOSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM OXALATE; CYSTINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URIC ACID; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 79960530909     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5217     Document Type: Article

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