Comparison of 0.625-mm source computed tomographic images versus 5-mm thick reconstructed images in the evaluation for renal calculi in at-risk patients

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-241

  Berkenblit, Robert ^a   Hoenig, David ^a   Lerer, Daniel ^a   Moses, Melanie ^a   Minsky, Lloyd ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROLITHIASIS;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALCULI; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873898087     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2012.0157     Document Type: Article

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