Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) on a specific region of interest (ROI) of the Os Calcis: A new imaging technique

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 681-683

  JOrgensen H L ^a   JOrgensen L V ^b   Hassager, C ^a   MOllgaard A ^a   Christiansen, C ^a  

^a CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND BASIC RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b Osteometer ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND (QUS);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032079413     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00089-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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