Open AccessDual-energy computed tomography: A reliable and established tool for In vivo differentiation of uric acid from nonuric acid renal Stones
Author(s) -
Mohd Ilyas,
Ghanshyam Dev,
Anchal Gupta,
TameemAhmad Bhat,
Shwait Sharma
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_24_18
Subject(s) - medicine , uric acid , digital enhanced cordless telecommunications , calcification , calcium oxalate , computed tomography , radiology , nuclear medicine , urinary system , wireless , telecommunications , computer science
Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) utilises the technique of simultaneous image acquisition of a body part at two different energy levels of the X-ray tubes. We used the DECT in this project to study its accuracy in non-invasive in vivo differentiation of uric acid (UA) calculi from non-UA calculi using the 3 rd generation dual-source computed tomography (CT) scanner.
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