Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 315-320 , August 2010

Determination of Renal Stone Composition with Dual-Energy Computed Tomography: An Emerging Application

  • Ruth Eliahou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Guy Hidas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Mordechai Duvdevani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Jacob Sosna, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jacob Sosna, MD, Department of Radiology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, POB 12000, Jerusalem, Israel 91120

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PII: S0887-2171(10)00035-1

doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2010.05.002

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 315-320 , August 2010

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