Urinary stone differentiation in patients with large body size using dual-energy dual-source computed tomography

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1408-1414

  Qu, Mingliang ^a   Jaramillo Alvarez, Giselle ^b   Ramirez Giraldo, Juan C ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Duan, Xinhui ^a   Wang, Jia ^a   Vrtiska, Terri J ^a   Krambeck, Amy E ^a   Lieske, John ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Body size; CT number ratio; Dual energy CT; Dual source CT; Urinary stones

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CYSTEINE; STRUVITE; URIC ACID; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TANK; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SIZE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877102916     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2727-4     Document Type: Article

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