Long-term quality control of DXA: A comparison of Shewhart rules and cusum charts

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 338-343

  Pearson, D ^a   Cawte, S A ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Cusum; Quality control; Shewhart

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ERROR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0030837374     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01623774     Document Type: Article

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