Quantitative ultrasound at the hand phalanges: Comparison with quantitative computed tomography of the lumbar spine in postmenopausal women

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 826-831

  Feltrin, G P ^a   Nardin, M ^a   Marangon, A ^a   Khadivi, Y ^a   Calderone, M ^a   De Conti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound; Speed of sound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE TISSUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHALANX; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034070788     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300051013     Document Type: Article

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