Differentiation of uric acid versus non-uric acid kidney stones in the presence of iodine using dual-energy CT

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7622, Issue PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Wang, J ^a   Qu, M ^a   Leng, S ^a   McCollough, C H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MATERIAL; CT IMAGE; DUAL-ENERGY CT; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION APPROACHES; IMAGE PIXELS; IMAGE SETS; IODINE CONCENTRATION; IODINE SOLUTIONS; KIDNEY STONE; MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; URIC ACIDS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; ORGANIC ACIDS; TISSUE;

IODINE;

EID: 84858113586     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.845046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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