Femur BMD bias associated with DPX-IQ reanalysis of DPX-acquired scan files

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-170

  Phillipov, G ^a   Seaborn, C J ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

DPX IQ; DXA; Precision; Systematic bias

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ERROR; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0034031051     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980050022     Document Type: Article

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