Cortical and total bone mineral content of the radius: Accuracy of peripheral computed tomography

Bone

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 467-472

  Louis, O ^a   Soykens, S ^a   Willnecker, J ^b   Van Winkel, P Den ^a   Osteaux, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Stratec Medizintechnik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone mineral content; Calcium content; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; RADIUS;

EID: 0029940024     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/8756-3282(96)00040-3     Document Type: Article

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