Determination of renal stone composition in phantom and patients using single-source dual-energy computed tomography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-45

  Kulkarni, Naveen M ^a   Eisner, Brian H ^a   Pinho, Daniella F ^a   Joshi, Mukta C ^a   Kambadakone, Avinash R ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

effective atomic number; material density image; nonYuric acid stone; single source dual energy CT; uric acid stone

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CALCIUM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; OXALIC ACID; PHANTOMS;

DENSITY IMAGES; DUAL-ENERGY CT; EFFECTIVE ATOMIC NUMBER; MATERIAL DENSITY; MATERIAL DENSITY IMAGE; NONYURIC ACID STONE; SINGLE SOURCE; SINGLE-SOURCE DUAL-ENERGY CT; URIC ACID STONE; URIC ACIDS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLIN; CYSTINE; STRUVITE; URIC ACID; WHEWELLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCIUM STONE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE SOURCE DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; URETER STONE; URIC ACID STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 84872913092     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3182720f66     Document Type: Article

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