Radiation Dose Reduction in Dual-Energy CT: Does It Affect the Accuracy of Urinary Stone Characterization?

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Published in AJR Am J Roentgenol on August 01, 2015

Authors

Mingliang Qu1, Lifeng Yu1, Daniel Gomez Cardona1, Yu Liu1, Xinhui Duan1, Songtao Ai2, Shuai Leng1, Maria Shiung1, Cynthia H McCollough1

Author Affiliations

1: 1 Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905.
2: 2 Department of Radiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.

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