Theoretical analysis of error propagation in triple-energy absorptiometry: Application to measurement of lead in bone in vivo

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 925-928

  Mourtada, Firas A ^a   Beck, Thomas J ^b   Links, Jonathan M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptiometry; Bone mass; Tissue decomposition; Triple energy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; BONE; ERROR STATISTICS; JACOBIAN MATRICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TISSUE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ACQUISITION TIME; BONE MASS; CLINICAL MEASUREMENTS; ERROR PROPAGATION; QUANTUM STATISTICS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRIPLE-ENERGY;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

LEAD;

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

EID: 0031004520     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597986     Document Type: Article

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