Impact of urinary stone volume on computed tomography stone attenuations measured in Hounsfield units in a large group of Austrian patients with urolithiasis

Central European Journal of Urology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 289-295

  Al Ali, Badereddin Mohamad ^a   Patzak, Johanna ^a   Lutfi, Andre ^a   Pummer, Karl ^a   Augustin, Herbert ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hounsfield units; None uric acid stones; Regions of interest; Shock wave lithotripsy; Uric acid stones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906492373     PISSN: 20804806     EISSN: 20804873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2014.03.art16     Document Type: Article

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