Instrument performance in bone density testing at five Australian centres

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 526-530

  Khan, K M ^a,f   Henzell, S L ^a   Broderick, C ^a,f   Prince, R L ^a,e   Saul, A ^a   Lomman, J ^a,d   Wark, J D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^e Bone Densitometry Technologist   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bone densitometry; DXA; Precision; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHANTOM; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0030817737     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1997.tb00959.x     Document Type: Article

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