Feasibility of single-source dual-energy computed tomography for urinary stone characterization and value of iterative reconstructions

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 125-130

  Morsbach, Fabian ^a   Wurnig, Moritz C ^a   Müller, Daniel ^b   Krauss, Bernhard ^c   Korporaal, Johannes Georg ^c   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a University Hospital Zurich Institut fur Diagnostische Radiologie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

computed tomography; dual energy; motion correction; urinary stones

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CYSTINE; STRUVITE; URIC ACID; WHEWELLITE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MONITOR; PHANTOM; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE SOURCE DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS; VISIBILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALGORITHMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 84894027446     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000002     Document Type: Article

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