Ultrasound of the Tibia - Precision Error, Left versus Right Sides and Correlation with Bone Mineral Density

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 747-749

  Leong, K H ^a,b  

^a GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Fracture risk; Osteoporosis; Speed of sound; Ultrasound velocity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIA;

BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIA;

EID: 0031264061     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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