Making renal stones change size-impact of CT image post processing and reader variability

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2218-2225

  Lidén, Mats ^a,b   Andersson, Torbjörn ^a   Geijer, Håkan ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer assisted image processing; Kidney calculi; Reproducibility of results; Ureteral calculi; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE POST PROCESSING; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; READER VARIABILITY; RENAL STONE SIZE; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STONE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 80053899039     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2171-x     Document Type: Article

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