Evaluation of the European Spine Phantom in a multi-centre clinical trial

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 570-574

  Lees, B ^a   Garland, S W ^a   Walton, C ^a   Stevenson, J C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry (DXA); Phantoms; Precision

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALIBRATION; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0031469665     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02652564     Document Type: Article

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