Dual-energy CT of the urinary tract

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-179

  Kaza, Ravi K ^a   Platt, Joel F ^a   Megibow, Alec J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT urography; Dual energy; Renal mass

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC UROGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL LAYER DETECTOR DUAL ENERGY SCANNER; DUAL SOURCE DUAL ENERGY SCANNER; FAST KILOVOLTAGE SWITCHING DUAL ENERGY SCANNER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS; X RAY TUBE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 84872678996     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-012-9901-7     Document Type: Article

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