This has been employed for renal stone evaluation, diagnosing suspected diverticulitis and for lung nodule follow-up [7, 8, 9].
Preliminary laboratory tests were performed consisting in testing of the nanocoatings on different stone samples; evaluation of chromatic variations and morphological behaviour were carried out with colorimetry and SEM EDS, respectively.
The findings of this intervention can serve as a stepping stone in evaluation of such interventions in the future.
After removal of kidney stones, risk factors evaluation and control should always be considered to reduce the frequency of recurrent stone disease in such patients.
In a safety study, we found no signs of metabolic acidosis in newborns co-treated with moderate hypothermia and TPM; abdomen ultrasound scanning did not show kidney stones and ophthalmological evaluation was normal in all treated newborns [ 104].
No case was found by X-ray to have radiolucent stones or by clinical evaluation to have cystine or uric acid stones.
38 An important limitation of this study is that gestalt clinician pretest probability for kidney stone (that is, the overall clinician estimate for likelihood of kidney stone after initial clinician evaluation) has not been thoroughly investigated, and it is possible that it would perform similarly to an objective clinical prediction rule.
The first stage of the diagnostic activity was dedicated to the characterisation of the substrate, as for the constituent stone material and the evaluation of the overall state of conservation, and to the analysis of the deposits.
During the last decades, many studies have been carried out on environmental monitoring in specific sites aiming at their protection and conservation; however, researches focused on the direct implications, in terms of quantitative evaluation of stone deterioration, of these monitoring actions are still scarce.
For example, VNC images generated from either nephrographic- or excretory-phase DECT data may have the potential to replace unenhanced CT images for detection of urinary stone [ 81, 82], evaluation of haematuria [ 83] and characterization of renal masses [ 84, 85].
