Low-dose and standard computed tomography scans yield equivalent stone measurements

Urology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 231-235

  Sohn, William ^a   Clayman, Ralph V ^a   Lee, Jason Y ^c   Cohen, Allen ^b   Mucksavage, Phillip ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW DOSE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STONE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 84873301674     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.09.049     Document Type: Article

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