Microfocal techniques in quantitative radiography: Measurement of cancellous bone organization

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages 18-22

  Buckland Wright, J C ^a   Lynch, J A ^a   Bird, C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancellous bone; Fractal signature analysis; Microfocal radiography; Osteoarthritis; Osteoporosis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CANCELLOUS BONE; CARTILAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAND; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; WRIST;

EID: 0030469201     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/35.suppl_3.18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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