Investigation of the microstructure and mineralogical composition of urinary calculi fragments by synchrotron radiation X-ray microtomography: a feasibility study

• Authors: KAISER Jozef; HOLÁ Markéta; VAŠINOVÁ GALIOVÁ Michaela; NOVOTNÝ Karel; KANICKÝ Viktor; MARTINEC Petr; ŠČUČKA Jiří; BRUN Francesco; SODINI Nikola; TROMBA Giuliana; MANCINI Lucia; KOŘISTKOVÁ Tamara
• Year of publication: 2011
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: UROLOGICAL RESEARCH
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00240-010-0343-9
• Field: Geology and mineralogy
• Keywords: Urinary calculi; microstructure; Computed microtomography; Synchrotron radiation
• Description: The outcomes from the feasibility study on utilization of synchrotron radiation X-ray microtomography to investigate the texture and the quantitative mineralogical composition of selected calcium oxalate-based urinary calculi fragments are presented.

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