Ureteral calculi detection using low dose computerized tomography protocols is compromised in overweight and underweight patients

Journal of Urology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-129

  Heldt, Jonathan P ^a   Smith, Jason C ^b   Anderson, Kirk M ^a   Richards, Gideon D ^a   Agarwal, Gautum ^a   Smith, Damien L ^a   Schlaifer, Amy ^a   Pittenger, Nicholas T ^a   Han, Daniel S ^a   Baldwin, Brenton D ^a   Schroeder, Gabriel T ^a   Baldwin, D Duane ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic imaging; nephrolithiasis; radiation dosage; tomography; ureteral calculi; x ray computed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALCIUM OXALATE STONE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNDERWEIGHT; URETER STONE;

BODY WEIGHT; CADAVER; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; THINNESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 84862149892     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.02.2568     Document Type: Article

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