Low dose CT scan in stone detection for stone treatment follow up: is there a relation between stone composition and radiation delivery? Study on a porcine-kidney model.

CONCLUSIONS: Ultra-low-dose CT has a good detection rate for all kinds of stone, even when the fragment size is small. Only small uric acid fragments need higher energy settings in order to be detected. When the stone composition is known after surgery for urolithiasis, the most appropriate CT scan setting could be suggested by the urologist during their follow-up. PMID: 30547905 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Minerva Urol Nefrol Source Type: research