Detection of urolithiasis using low-dose CT - A noise simulation study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-218

  Niemann, T ^a   Van Straten, M ^b,c   Resinger, C ^a,d   Bayer, T ^a,e   Bongartz, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^e KLINIKUM BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low dose CT; Sensitivity and specificity; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DENSITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 80053619572     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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