Depth-segmented detector for x-ray absorptiometry

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1174-1184

  Stevens, Grant M ^a   Pelc, Norbert J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone quantitation; DEXA

Indexed keywords

BONE; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; DEXA; ENERGY DISCRIMINATING; OBJECT COMPOSITION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; REFERENCE OBJECTS; SINGLE COMPONENTS; X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY;

X RAY DETECTORS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; WATER ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034036231     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598982     Document Type: Article

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