Limitations of ultrasound compared with computed tomography for kidney stone surveillance
US performance is limited compared to CT and is influenced by stone size, BMI, and sonographer. Overestimation by US may lead to unnecessary interventions in up to 40% of patients with stones >4 mm.
Authors
- Timothy Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6905-0880)
- Ryan Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5391-6093)
- John T. Leppert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9980-3863)
- Simon Conti
- Elijah Richard Sommer
- Alan C. Pao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8589-9083)
- Joseph C. Liao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2448-5463)
- Calyani Ganesan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4050-9587)
- Helena Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8445-8291)
Institutions
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Urological Association Journal
- Published
- 2025-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.9043
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.56