Vertebral dimensions: Influence of X-ray technique and patient size on measurements

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 214-218

  Van Bodegom, J W ^a   Kuiper, J W ^a   Van Rijn, R R ^a   Van Kuijk, C ^a,b   Zwamborn, A W ^a   Grashuis, J L ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Correction; Osteoporosis; Patient size; Technique; Vertebral dimension

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; X-RAYS;

EID: 0031907137     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002239900420     Document Type: Article

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