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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2021.15.5.637

Analysis of Twinkling Artifacts Caused by Kidney Stones on Abdominal Ultrasound  

Kim, Ju-Hee (Department of Radiological Science, Daegu Catholic University)
Jang, Hyon-Chol (Department of Radiologic Technology, Suseong University)
Cho, Pyong-Kon (Department of Radiological Science, Daegu Catholic University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.15, no.5, 2021 , pp. 637-642 More about this Journal
Abstract
Kidney stones are largely classified into kidney stones, ureter stones, and urolithiasis depending on the location of their occurrence. Therefore, in this study, from January 2019 to June 2021, kidney stones found in 112 patients with flank pain or who visited for abdominal ultrasonography at a general hospital located in Daegu were diagnosed with urolithiasis. We wanted to investigate the effect on twinkling artifacts. As a result of the study, the incidence of twinkling artifacts due to kidney stones was relatively high in the longitudinal scan among the scan methods. As the number of kidney stones increased, the incidence of twinkling artifacts increased by 1.296 times (p<0.05). As the kidney stone size increased, the incidence of twinkling artifacts increased by 0.086-fold (p<0.05). It was found that the number and size of kidney stones are factors affecting twinkling artifacts. Since the effect of kidney stones on twinkling artifacts is related to the number and size of kidney stones, continuous attention should be paid to helping the detection of kidney stones by using variables affecting twinkling artifacts.
Keywords
Kidney Stones; Twinkling Artifact; Abdominal Ultrasound; Number of Kidney Stones; Size of Kidney Stones;
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