A preliminary evaluation of the lunar expert-XL for bone densitometry and vertebral morphometry

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 136-143

  Lang, Thomas ^a   Takada, Masahiko ^a   Gee, Richard ^a   Wu, Chun ^a   Li, Jiao ^a   Hayashi Clark, Cynthia ^a   Schoen, Susan ^a   March, Vesta ^a   Genant, Harry K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031017572     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.1997.12.1.136     Document Type: Article

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