Technical note: CT determination of the mineral density of dry bone specimens using the dipotassium phosphate phantom

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 557-560

  Chen, Xingbin ^a   Lam, Y M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cortical bone; Dipotassium phosphate phantom; Mineral density; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHANTOM;

EID: 0030826670     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199708)103:4<557::aid-ajpa10>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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